Re: 1.3a1 -
Re: 1.3a1 -
- Subject: Re: 1.3a1 -
- From: "Ambrose Li" <email@hidden>
- Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2007 12:35:03 -0500
On 20/11/2007, Andrew J. Hesford <email@hidden> wrote:
> Even if the majority of users required Mode Switch (assuming it's the
> same as AltGr), the left Alt isn't the right place for it. A look at
> "Keyboard layout" on Wikipedia reveals several layout diagrams. They
> don't mention Mode Switch... but many have AltGr. However, the AltGr
> is on the right side. Hence, if these are the same keys, the
> appropriate mapping is for the right Alt key, not the left. And if
> AltGr is different than Mode Switch, well, those layouts would suggest
> Mode Switch isn't needed at all.
I wouldn't place so much trust on Wikipedia (obviously). Aside from
the collective "editorship" still not knowing everything, the recent
enforcement of references, IMHO, discriminates against these
rarely-written-down things even more. I wouldn't be the least
surprised to see no mention of Mode_switch, Multi_key, or any
other similar things of the sort.
For the purpose of comparison, the keyboard layout diagram for
the Changjei input method (traditional Chinese) is the Windows
version; there used to be not even a mention of this fact, as if
no OS besides Windows existed. The same could be said about
Mode_switch (which AFAIK is a generic name for actual keys
similar in functionality, not a key actually labelled "Mode Switch")
(Sorry for getting so OT.)
--
cheers,
-ambrose
Yahoo and Gmail must die. Yes, I use them, but they still must die.
PS: Don't trust everything you read in Wikipedia. (Very Important)
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