Re: Mapping alt to altgr

[Peter Dyballa <Peter_Dyballa@Web.DE>]

Am 06.06.2005 um 17:44 schrieb Daniel Aarno:

> mod1
> mod2        Mode_switch (0xed),  Alt_L (0xe9)
> mod3        Num_Lock (0x5a)
> mod4        Meta_L (0xea),  Meta_R (0xee)
>

This is a very bad layout: Mode_switch and Alt modifier are probably 
related to each other as football and soccer. The one changes the 
operating mode of the keyboard, the latter just selects another keysym 
from the few which are assigned to a key (keycode  34 = 7 slash bar 
backslash).

I am sure Solaris 9 has xev, in former versions it was a bit hidden.

I think you should just swap the two keys Mode_switch and Alt_L (which 
should be renamed to Alt_R accordingly). You'll need the Mode_switch to 
access the layers with diacritics. The syntax would be like:

	keycode <number one> = Mode_switch
	keycode <number two> = Alt_R

You can retrieve the keycodes without xev if xmodmap supports -pke.

Please use clear to clean modifier settings. Clear and remove are 
distinct. Clear only removes a setting from a modifier, so that it's 
now empty, undefined, free for a new setting. Remove deletes a keysym 
from the map, it's lost and cannot be re-used as a modifier. Consult 
'man xmodmap' and spend some time with it!

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Greetings

   Pete

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