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Solved: AltGr with Solaris 2.6
- From: Walter Haidinger <listrelay dot cygwin-xfree at haidinger dot dyndns dot org>
- To: cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com
- Date: Tue, 9 Mar 2004 11:53:28 +0100 (CET)
- Subject: Solved: AltGr with Solaris 2.6
- Reply-to: cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com
Hi!
Finally I managed to figure out howto make the AltGr key work on my German
keyboard under Solaris 2.6 and Cygwin XFree86 (tested with 4.3.0-51)! :-)
The at '@' and pipe '|' and all other AltGr keys work for me, even the
Euro-Sign if I use a iso-8859-15 font. Here is the howto:
1. Edit your /etc/X11/XF86Config
You need to _uncomment_ the following line in section "InputDevices":
Option "RightAlt" "ModeSwitch"
Restart your X-Server to apply the change.
2. Modify your keymap:
I'm using the following .xmodmaprc below.
Please have a look at the notes too!
<--cut-->
!
! Make AltGr work with Solaris 2.6 and Cygwin XFree86
!
! Prerequisite: Add or uncomment the following line in section
! "InputDevices" of /etc/X11/XF86Config :
!
! Option "RightAlt" "ModeSwitch"
!
! NOTE: Newer OS, such as Solaris versions (8 and 9), Linux or Cygwin
! do NOT need this fix!
!
! -------------------------------------------------------------------
!
! assign modifier key
!
! for modern OS (Solaris 8, Linux, Cygwin, etc)
!keycode 113 = ISO_Level3_Shift Multi_key
!
! for ancient Solaris 2.6
keycode 113 = Mode_switch
!
! remap keys
!
! NOTE: Keycodes (list with 'modmap -pke') under Exceed 8.0 differ
! from Cygwin XFree86. Odd. Therefore, check the values!
!
keycode 11 = 2 quotedbl twosuperior
keycode 12 = 3 section threesuperior
keycode 16 = 7 slash braceleft
keycode 17 = 8 parenleft bracketleft
keycode 18 = 9 parenright bracketright
keycode 19 = 0 equal braceright
keycode 20 = ssharp question backslash
keycode 21 = acute grave
keycode 24 = q Q at
keycode 26 = e E currency
keycode 35 = plus asterisk asciitilde
keycode 49 = asciicircum degree
keycode 58 = m M mu
keycode 94 = less greater bar
<--cut-->
NOTES:
* Save this as your ~/.xmodmaprc or save it and run
'xmodmap filename' in your shell startup script.
* I've found that the keycodes are _not_ identical and depend
on your OS and/or X-Server (can somebody clearify this?).
The values above work for me, but you'd better verify the keycodes
with 'modmap -pke' if they match yours.
* If 'currency' is not defined, try 'EuroSign' or '0x00a4'.
Hope that helps. Comments are welcome.
Walter