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Re: how to make the pause key switch keyboard variants?

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Salvador Mirzo <smirzo@example.com> posted:
>>> I wish I could toggle the variant using the pause key and not the menu
>>> key as it is currently set on my OpenBSD system---see below.

to which I replied:
>> I'm not sure, but this sounds more like something xmodmap(1) would do.
>> man xmodmap.

>> However, since I usually see "Pause" as "Break"+Shift on keyboards, you
>> may need to look at references to Break's keycode as well as Pause.

vallor <vallor@cultnix.org> then replied:
> xev(1) shows the keycode on my Linux system:
>
> KeyPress event,
> [...]  state 0x10, keycode 127 (keysym 0xff13, Pause), same_screen YES,

I see the same keycode and keysym for Pause, but on "PC" type keyboards,
I see "Pause" printed above "Break" on the key label, and one has to
hold down a Shift key when pressing that key to get Pause.

Either way, I was just a bit surprised when it sounded like Salvador
seemed to be saying he has a keyboard where Pause doesn't require Shift.
 -WBE

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how to make the pause key switch keyboard variants? Salvador Mirzo <smirzo@example.com> - 2025-02-06 21:16 -0300
  Re: how to make the pause key switch keyboard variants? Winston <wbe@UBEBLOCK.psr.com.invalid> - 2025-02-06 23:34 -0500
    Re: how to make the pause key switch keyboard variants? vallor <vallor@cultnix.org> - 2025-02-07 07:20 +0000
      Re: how to make the pause key switch keyboard variants? Winston <wbe@UBEBLOCK.psr.com.invalid> - 2025-02-07 15:28 -0500
        Re: how to make the pause key switch keyboard variants? Salvador Mirzo <smirzo@example.com> - 2025-03-01 22:41 -0300
          Re: how to make the pause key switch keyboard variants? Winston <wbe@UBEBLOCK.psr.com.invalid> - 2025-03-15 09:18 -0400

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