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Three Mode Buttons

GTKeyboard can define up to three different symbols for each key on the keyboard. Those three symbols are referred to as the normal symbol, the ``shift'' symbol, and the ``mode-switch'' or ``alt-gr'' symbols.

Generally, the way you generate those symbols is as follows. If you just want the regular symbol, (the same thing as the symbol that shows on the face of the key) you just mouse-click on top of that button. If you want the shift symbol, you click on the Shift keyboard key, or possibly the Caps Lock key, and then click your symbol. For alt-gr symbols, an Alt-Gr or Mode Switch key must be present on the keyboard.

GTKeyboard offers a shortcut to skip through the symbols you need to select with each button. The first mouse button generates the ``normal'' symbol, the second mouse button generates the ``shift'' or upper case symbol, and the third button generates the ``alt-gr'' symbol if one exists. If it doesn't exist, nothing happens. Note that button 3 on most people's mouse will actually be the middle button, not the right-most button.


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David Allen 2001-04-26