Re: Disable XKB by default?
Re: Disable XKB by default?
- Subject: Re: Disable XKB by default?
- From: Viv Kendon <email@hidden>
- Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2004 02:55:58 +0000 (GMT)
Thank you -- blanking the keymapping preference fixed it.
-- Viv
On Tue, 13 Jan 2004, Torrey Lyons wrote:
> The missing # symbol should be easy to touch up with xmodmap. The
> caps lock problem on the other hand is not user fixable in any easy
> way. Before you try messing with xmodmap, you might try leaving your
> keymapping file preference blank in the XDarwin preferences. After
> removing UK.keymapping, restart XDarwin. This might give you a more
> accurate keymap.
>
> --Torrey
>
> At 9:49 PM +0000 1/13/04, Viv Kendon wrote:
> >Uh-oh, I just hit a problem running with -kb, no # symbol.
> >(I'm on the road, which is why I didn't notice sooner).
> >I'm on a 12" TiBook, UK keyboard, and UK keymapping chosen
> >in XDarwin prefs (on 10.2.8). alt-3 used to give me a #
> >(I'm pasting to get it into this msg). Hopefully someone
> >can tell me there's a simple fix to this one...hard to call
> >whether no # is worse than stuck caps lock.
> >
> >Many TIA
> >-- Viv
> >
> >On Thu, 1 Jan 2004, Torrey Lyons wrote:
> >
> >> The incomplete XKB support in XDarwin has been implicated in causing
> >> problems with stuck Caps-Lock and messing up the keymap with KDE.
> >> Probably the best short term solution to this issue is setting
> >> XDarwin to disable XKB by default. (XKB can always be enabled by
> >> starting XDarwin with +kb from the command line.) Is anyone using XKB
> >> on Mac OS X for anything useful?
> >>
> >> --Torrey
> >>
> >
> >------------------------------------------------
> >Dr Viv Kendon email@hidden
> >QOLS tel: 020 7594 7746
> >Blackett Laboratory Imperial College London
>
>
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Dr Viv Kendon email@hidden
QOLS tel: 020 7594 7746
Blackett Laboratory Imperial College London
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