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Mon Sep 17 11:17:46 2001 Nicola Pero <n.pero@mi.flashnet.it>
* Documentation/gnustep-gui.texi (Keyboard Modifiers): Updated for
the change in xgps/xdps, where we now use Mode_switch as default
for ALTERNATE if Alt_R is not on the keyboard.
2001-09-15 Fred Kiefer <FredKiefer@gmx.de>
* Header/gnustep/gui/NSApplication.h

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@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ Free Software Foundation instead of in the original English.
@title GNUstep GUI Library
@sp 3
@subtitle Version @value{GNUSTEP-GUI-VERSION}
@author Adam Fedor (fedor@@gnu.org)
@author A. Fedor (fedor@@gnu.org), N. Pero (n.pero@@mi.flashnet.it)
@page
@vskip 0pt plus 1filll
Copyright @copyright{} 1999 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
@ -1268,15 +1268,16 @@ by lines; you have to press @key{ALTERNATE} while acting on a scrollbar
with the mouse.
@end itemize
@c
By default, GNUstep uses @code{Control_L} (left Ctrl)
and @code{Control_R} (right Ctrl)
as @key{CONTROL}, @code{Alt_L} (left alt) as @key{COMMAND},
and @code{Alt_R} (right alt, sometimes called AltGr) as @key{ALTERNATE}.
By default, GNUstep uses @code{Control_L} (left Ctrl) and
@code{Control_R} (right Ctrl) as @key{CONTROL}, @code{Alt_L} (left alt)
as @key{COMMAND}, and @code{Alt_R} (right alt, sometimes called AltGr)
as @key{ALTERNATE}. As a special exception, if @code{Alt_R} is not
bound to any key on your keyboard, GNUstep will try to use
@code{Mode_switch} for @key{ALTERNATE} instead.
If this layout does not work for you, because your keyboard
misses some of these keys, or they have different X names
or they conflict heavily with your window manager shortcuts
(or for any other reason), read on.
If this layout does not work for you, because your keyboard misses some
of these keys, or they have different X names or they conflict heavily
with your window manager shortcuts (or for any other reason), read on.
@subsection Changing the Default Settings
Under GNUstep, you may change the default as you wish:
@ -1325,21 +1326,20 @@ its default value. The default values are:
@item GSSecondControlKey
@code{Control_R}
@item GSFirstCommandKey
@code{Alt_L}
@code{Alt_L}
@item GSSecondCommandKey
@code{NoSymbol}
@item GSFirstAlternateKey
@code{Alt_R}
@code{Alt_R} (or @code{Mode_switch} if there is no @code{Alt_R})
@item GSSecondAlternateKey
@code{NoSymbol}
@end table
What could go wrong is for example that you don't have
an @code{Alt_L} key. With the default settings,
you will not be able to enter the @key{COMMAND} key
(which is quite an important key).
What you can do in this case is to use @code{Control_R} as @key{COMMAND},
giving the following commands (from the command line):
What could go wrong is for example that you don't have an @code{Alt_L}
key. With the default settings, you will not be able to enter the
@key{COMMAND} key (which is quite an important key). What you can do in
this case is to use @code{Control_R} as @key{COMMAND}, giving the
following commands (from the command line):
@smallexample
defaults write NSGlobalDomain GSFirstCommandKey Control_R
@ -1349,13 +1349,13 @@ defaults write NSGlobalDomain GSSecondControlKey NoSymbol
These commands write in the GNUstep user database;
the information will be used every time you start a GNUstep application.
The first line sets @code{GSFirstCommandKey} to @code{Control_R},
which makes @code{Control_R} to be read as @key{COMMAND}.
The first line sets @code{GSFirstCommandKey} to @code{Control_R}, which
makes @code{Control_R} to be read as @key{COMMAND}.
The second line disables the second control key,
which would otherwise be bound to @code{Control_R} by default.
If you omit it, @code{Control_R} will be used at the same time
as @key{COMMAND} and as @key{CONTROL}, which is not very useful.
The second line disables the second control key, which would otherwise
be bound to @code{Control_R} by default. If you omit it,
@code{Control_R} will be used at the same time as @key{COMMAND} and as
@key{CONTROL}, which is not very useful.
To delete these preferences and restore the defaults, use
@smallexample
@ -1373,18 +1373,17 @@ setting for the @code{GSFirstCommandKey}, for example:
defaults read | grep GSFirstCommandKey
@end smallexample
A thing which could go wrong if you are trying to use
a setting different from the default, and you do not know much
about X, is that you can't find out the name of one of your key.
In this case, you may try having a look at the output of programs
like @code{xmodmap} or @code{xkeycaps}; even if you do not
understand it completely, the output can inspire the right guessing.
A thing which could go wrong if you are trying to use a setting
different from the default, and you do not know much about X, is that
you can't find out the name of one of your key. In this case, you may
try having a look at the output of programs like @code{xmodmap} or
@code{xkeycaps}; even if you do not understand it completely, the output
can inspire the right guessing.
A problem you are likely to encounter is that of conflicts
with the window manager keyboard shortcuts.
Good window managers let you change the keyboard shortcuts,
so you may move the wm shortcuts that you do not use to keys
which do not conflict (at least not too much) with GNUstep.
A problem you are likely to encounter is that of conflicts with the
window manager keyboard shortcuts. Good window managers let you change
the keyboard shortcuts, so you may move the wm shortcuts that you do not
use to keys which do not conflict (at least not too much) with GNUstep.
@node Window Manager, , Keyboard Modifiers, Setup
@section Window Manager Recommended Configuration