Re: [orca-list] Orca keynames

[Hermann <meinelisten onlinehome de>]

Willie Walker schrieb:
> > I just started to update the German translation of Orca but I've got
> > problems in understanding the meaning of following keynames:
>
> Thanks for your hard work!
[...]
> > - mode switch: from my point of view there are different keys for
> > switching modes like Shft, Alt or Crtl. I don't know if one of these
> > keys is meant or if there is a separate mode switching key which I don't
> > know yet.
>
> On my Sun keyboard, this is mapped to the physical key that is labelled 
> "Alt Graph" and it is bound to Mod 3.  I cannot find what it it mapped 
> to on my Ubuntu box.
Perhaps the right Alt key in German: "Rechte Alttaste". or "Alt+gr".

> > - begin key: I haven't found anything about a begin key. Is this the
> > same key as Pos1 or is there a difference?
>
> This is usually bound to the keypad 5 key (try "xmodmap -pk | grep -i 
> begin").  I have no clue what it does.
In German: "nummernblock 5" or "Num 5".
Hermann