Date: Mon, 13 Oct 1997 18:36:46 +0930 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.freebsd.dk> Cc: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com>, =?iso-8859-1?Q?S=F8ren_Schmidt?= <sos@sos.freebsd.dk>, rickl@ic.net, current@FreeBSD.ORG, sos@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Alt and Meta mapping (was: possible sc0 problem) Message-ID: <19971013183646.08998@lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <24704.876726481@critter.freebsd.dk>; from Poul-Henning Kamp on Mon, Oct 13, 1997 at 09:08:01AM %2B0200 References: <3379.876677865@time.cdrom.com> <24704.876726481@critter.freebsd.dk>
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On Mon, Oct 13, 1997 at 09:08:01AM +0200, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote: > In message <3379.876677865@time.cdrom.com>, "Jordan K. Hubbard" writes: >>> Can you remmeber where we have that special version of the pointed >>> hat that says "POLA" in large friendly letters on the front ? >> >> Not much of an argument for me since the very first time I tried >> to use this without a custom keymap, POLA was violated. I *expect* >> that to be my META key and evidently so do a number of other folks. > > I would like to point out that most laptops only have the left > alt key easily accessible... > > [CTRL] + [Fn] + [Alt] + [SQRT(3.141592)] doesn't count as easy. Most laptops, mine included require some remapping anyway. I don't think that there's an easy way to solve all problems. Inmy case, I'd rather have Alt as Meta, and use [Fn] [Alt] on the few occasions I want to switch VTs. Greg
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