* [9fans] [Fwd: Alt Gr Key for French keyboard]
@ 2003-12-08 21:03 Country Joe
2003-12-08 22:22 ` boyd, rounin
2003-12-09 8:17 ` Fco.J.Ballesteros
0 siblings, 2 replies; 4+ messages in thread
From: Country Joe @ 2003-12-08 21:03 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: 9fans
Bonjour list,
Thanks to Andrey at Calgary University, I have Plan 9 installed
on my Asus F7400 laptop with the French keyboard available
at boot time by pressing F5.
Now, while looking at the file /sys/src/cmd/usb/hid/kbd.c I was
trying to enter the pound sign # while holding Alt Gr key and
pressing the "3" key but it just gave me the character "3".
On a French PC Keyboard certains characters are obtained
by pressing simultaneously the Alt Gr key (right after the space
bar) and the following upper keyboard keys :
Pressing & holding Alt Gr
With Gives My
"Translation"
2 ~ Tild
3 #
Pound Sign
4 {
Open brace
5 [
Open Square Bracket
6 |
Pipe sign
7 `
Apostophe
8 \
Back Slash
9 ^
Control Character
0 @
Elephant's Ear
° ]
Closing Square Bracket
+ }
Closing brace
Is there any thing that I may do wrong or may do differently for now on
to have all these characters available for modifying the kdb.c file for
example ?
Thanks for any clue.
Philippe
//
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* Re: [9fans] [Fwd: Alt Gr Key for French keyboard]
2003-12-08 21:03 [9fans] [Fwd: Alt Gr Key for French keyboard] Country Joe
@ 2003-12-08 22:22 ` boyd, rounin
2003-12-09 8:14 ` Fco.J.Ballesteros
2003-12-09 8:17 ` Fco.J.Ballesteros
1 sibling, 1 reply; 4+ messages in thread
From: boyd, rounin @ 2003-12-08 22:22 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: 9fans
> Now, while looking at the file /sys/src/cmd/usb/hid/kbd.c I was
> trying to enter the pound sign # while holding Alt Gr key and
> pressing the "3" key but it just gave me the character "3".
this is well known. iirc both alt and alt-gr generate 'compose'
and then you can type an arbitrary Rune. this is just wrong.
unfortunately, the kernel has changed so:
http://www.insultant.net/repo/plan9/kbd.tar
would have to be ported it to 4th ed.
nemo has another solution, but i don't agree with it.
btw: i'm typing this on azerty.
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* Re: [9fans] [Fwd: Alt Gr Key for French keyboard]
2003-12-08 22:22 ` boyd, rounin
@ 2003-12-09 8:14 ` Fco.J.Ballesteros
0 siblings, 0 replies; 4+ messages in thread
From: Fco.J.Ballesteros @ 2003-12-09 8:14 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: 9fans
>> Now, while looking at the file /sys/src/cmd/usb/hid/kbd.c I was
>> trying to enter the pound sign # while holding Alt Gr key and
>> pressing the "3" key but it just gave me the character "3".
>
> this is well known. iirc both alt and alt-gr generate 'compose'
> and then you can type an arbitrary Rune. this is just wrong.
With the change in /sys/src/9/pc/kbd.c that comes along with usbhid kbd
you get AltGr generated for the right alt instead of Compose.
Perhaps you didnt integrate that change into your kernel.
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* Re: [9fans] [Fwd: Alt Gr Key for French keyboard]
2003-12-08 21:03 [9fans] [Fwd: Alt Gr Key for French keyboard] Country Joe
2003-12-08 22:22 ` boyd, rounin
@ 2003-12-09 8:17 ` Fco.J.Ballesteros
1 sibling, 0 replies; 4+ messages in thread
From: Fco.J.Ballesteros @ 2003-12-09 8:17 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: 9fans
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Drop me a line off list to let me know what you did and I'll
try to help to get the french kbd working for you.
hth
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From: Country Joe <countryjoe@myrealbox.com>
To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu
Subject: [9fans] [Fwd: Alt Gr Key for French keyboard]
Date: Mon, 08 Dec 2003 21:03:38 +0000
Message-ID: <3FD4E72A.6080305@myrealbox.com>
Bonjour list,
Thanks to Andrey at Calgary University, I have Plan 9 installed
on my Asus F7400 laptop with the French keyboard available
at boot time by pressing F5.
Now, while looking at the file /sys/src/cmd/usb/hid/kbd.c I was
trying to enter the pound sign # while holding Alt Gr key and
pressing the "3" key but it just gave me the character "3".
On a French PC Keyboard certains characters are obtained
by pressing simultaneously the Alt Gr key (right after the space
bar) and the following upper keyboard keys :
Pressing & holding Alt Gr
With Gives My
"Translation"
2 ~ Tild
3 #
Pound Sign
4 {
Open brace
5 [
Open Square Bracket
6 |
Pipe sign
7 `
Apostophe
8 \
Back Slash
9 ^
Control Character
0 @
Elephant's Ear
° ]
Closing Square Bracket
+ }
Closing brace
Is there any thing that I may do wrong or may do differently for now on
to have all these characters available for modifying the kdb.c file for
example ?
Thanks for any clue.
Philippe
//
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