On 1 Jun 2005, at 10:08, Liam Bedford wrote:
> On Tue, May 31, 2005 at 10:30:06AM +0100, Niall O Broin wrote:
>> fine, so I don't need to use the workaround mentioned. However, it was
>> my understanding that as an X client, albeit a fairly large one, KDE
>> had to take what it was given from the X server. Clearly my
>> understanding of the interaction between the X server and KDE was
>> erroneous.
> ever met the setxkbmap app?
> or even the deprecated keymap changing stuff?
>> the client can change keyboard settings on the server with
> impunity. At a guess, KDE and GNOME provide the service so the
> user doesn't need to edit config files etc.
Yes, of course I've manipulated the keymap etc. in various ways,
deprecated and now. And now that you mention it, that's of course the
way to look at it.
I was wondering why KDE was ignoring what the X server hands it but of
course, it's not doing that. What it IS doing is when it starts, it
sets the X server up the way it knows the user wants. Now, I hadn't
told KDE what I wanted but that didn't matter - KDE made certain
default assumptions for me, and told the X server to use those.
Thanks for that Liam - just needed to hold my head in a different way
to see the light.
Niall
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