May I rework XKB ?

[Nicolas Mailhot]

Le Mar 17 novembre 2009 08:51, Dirk Wallenstein a écrit :
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> By taking a common pc-105 keyboard and holding down the AltGr/ISO-Level3-Shift
> modifier , all the alphabetic keys can be equipped with functionality like
> cursor-cross, insert, delete, home, etc. With the help of XKB's
> Redirect-Key-Action it would even be possible to have word-wise cursor
> movement
> in all text edit fields. All without leaving the home row.

Please do not try to implement such gross hacks. iso-Level3 is already taken
for i18n support, any app that relies on what you propose won't work for
non-US users

(the same can be said of iso-level5)

And some xkb maps use iso-Level3 & iso-Level5 to give access to technical
symbols on the numpad, even for english.

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Nicolas Mailhot