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Re: Wildly OT: pop-up virtual keyboard for Mac or Linux?

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Date 2015-02-11 15:19 +1100
Subject Re: Wildly OT: pop-up virtual keyboard for Mac or Linux?
From Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com>
Newsgroups comp.lang.python
Message-ID <mailman.18642.1423628404.18130.python-list@python.org> (permalink)

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On Wed, Feb 11, 2015 at 3:10 PM, Steven D'Aprano
<steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> wrote:
> Rustom Mody wrote:
>
>> $ setxkbmap -query        # examine current settings
>
> Alas, that does not appear to work in Debian squeeze:
>
> steve@runes:~$ setxkbmap -query
> Error!   Option "-query" not recognized
>
> Or Centos.
>
> What are you using?

Works for me on Debian Wheezy. Either it's a version difference (I
don't have any Squeeze machines any more, we're all on Wheezy or
Jessie), or there's some additional package that I have installed
here.

Mind you, I have no idea what I'm looking at.

rosuav@sikorsky:~$ setxkbmap -query
rules:      evdev
model:      pc105
layout:     us

I guess that means I have a 105-key PC keyboard in en_US layout, but
what 'evdev' means I would have to go manpage digging to find out.

ChrisA

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Wildly OT: pop-up virtual keyboard for Mac or Linux? Skip Montanaro <skip.montanaro@gmail.com> - 2015-02-10 15:05 -0600
  Re: Wildly OT: pop-up virtual keyboard for Mac or Linux? Peter Pearson <pkpearson@nowhere.invalid> - 2015-02-11 00:10 +0000
  Re: Wildly OT: pop-up virtual keyboard for Mac or Linux? Rustom Mody <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2015-02-10 19:05 -0800
    Re: Wildly OT: pop-up virtual keyboard for Mac or Linux? Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2015-02-11 15:10 +1100
      Re: Wildly OT: pop-up virtual keyboard for Mac or Linux? Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2015-02-11 15:19 +1100
        Re: Wildly OT: pop-up virtual keyboard for Mac or Linux? Rustom Mody <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2015-02-10 20:42 -0800
        Re: Wildly OT: pop-up virtual keyboard for Mac or Linux? Rustom Mody <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2015-02-11 04:22 -0800
          Re: Wildly OT: pop-up virtual keyboard for Mac or Linux? Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2015-02-11 14:35 +0200
            Re: Wildly OT: pop-up virtual keyboard for Mac or Linux? Rustom Mody <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2015-02-11 04:57 -0800
              Re: Wildly OT: pop-up virtual keyboard for Mac or Linux? Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2015-02-11 19:12 +0200
                Re: Wildly OT: pop-up virtual keyboard for Mac or Linux? Skip Montanaro <skip.montanaro@gmail.com> - 2015-02-11 11:23 -0600
                Re: Wildly OT: pop-up virtual keyboard for Mac or Linux? Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2015-02-11 19:27 +0200
                Re: Wildly OT: pop-up virtual keyboard for Mac or Linux? Rustom Mody <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2015-02-11 09:34 -0800
                Re: Wildly OT: pop-up virtual keyboard for Mac or Linux? Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2015-02-11 19:54 +0200
                Re: Wildly OT: pop-up virtual keyboard for Mac or Linux? Rustom Mody <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2015-02-11 10:02 -0800
                Re: Wildly OT: pop-up virtual keyboard for Mac or Linux? Laura Creighton <lac@openend.se> - 2015-02-11 19:01 +0100
          Re: Wildly OT: pop-up virtual keyboard for Mac or Linux? Rustom Mody <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2015-02-11 04:40 -0800
      Re: Wildly OT: pop-up virtual keyboard for Mac or Linux? Rustom Mody <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2015-02-10 20:23 -0800
        Re: Wildly OT: pop-up virtual keyboard for Mac or Linux? Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2015-02-11 15:38 +1100
  Re: Wildly OT: pop-up virtual keyboard for Mac or Linux? wxjmfauth@gmail.com - 2015-02-11 01:01 -0800

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