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From: Rowland McDonnell on 22 Jan 2010 10:13 Jim <jim(a)magrathea.plus.com> wrote: > Rowland McDonnell <real-address-in-sig(a)flur.bltigibbet.invalid> wrote: > >> > > >> > So which `fn' key does `eject' map to? And how does that enable a > >> > non-Apple keyboard to work on a Mac? > >> > >> I think the answer is (rather unhelpfully): "it depends". I _think_ it gets > >> mapped to the last function key, so depending on the keyboard it could well > >> be F12. > > > > Ah - so this new Mac keyboard notionally has 20 f_ keys, yes? F1-F19 > > marked up with numbers, and `eject' which is F20 but not marked as such? > > er...unsure. On a made-by-Apple keyboard I'd expect the eject key to *not* > act like a function key, but that's purely a guess. <shrug> All function keys do in my experience is `nothing, unless it's a BBC Micro'. I can't see any point in bulking out keyboards with keys that have no purpose in life, but there you go. [snip] Rowland. -- Remove the animal for email address: rowland.mcdonnell(a)dog.physics.org Sorry - the spam got to me http://www.mag-uk.org http://www.bmf.co.uk UK biker? Join MAG and the BMF and stop the Eurocrats banning biking
From: Rowland McDonnell on 22 Jan 2010 10:17 James Dore <james.dore(a)new.ox.ac.uk> wrote: [snip] > I can live with it - more than I can live with modern keyboards, that's > for sure :-D You tried my rubber feet idea? Rowland. -- Remove the animal for email address: rowland.mcdonnell(a)dog.physics.org Sorry - the spam got to me http://www.mag-uk.org http://www.bmf.co.uk UK biker? Join MAG and the BMF and stop the Eurocrats banning biking
From: Woody on 22 Jan 2010 10:18 On 22/01/2010 15:13, Rowland McDonnell wrote: > Jim<jim(a)magrathea.plus.com> wrote: > >> Rowland McDonnell<real-address-in-sig(a)flur.bltigibbet.invalid> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> So which `fn' key does `eject' map to? And how does that enable a >>>>> non-Apple keyboard to work on a Mac? >>>> >>>> I think the answer is (rather unhelpfully): "it depends". I _think_ it gets >>>> mapped to the last function key, so depending on the keyboard it could well >>>> be F12. >>> >>> Ah - so this new Mac keyboard notionally has 20 f_ keys, yes? F1-F19 >>> marked up with numbers, and `eject' which is F20 but not marked as such? >> >> er...unsure. On a made-by-Apple keyboard I'd expect the eject key to *not* >> act like a function key, but that's purely a guess. > > <shrug> All function keys do in my experience is `nothing, unless it's > a BBC Micro'. > > I can't see any point in bulking out keyboards with keys that have no > purpose in life, but there you go. I use them a lot on PCs, but I can't think of one program I use on the mac that uses them -- Woody
From: James Dore on 22 Jan 2010 10:19 On Fri, 22 Jan 2010 15:13:54 -0000, Rowland McDonnell <real-address-in-sig(a)flur.bltigibbet.invalid> wrote: > Jim <jim(a)magrathea.plus.com> wrote: > >> Rowland McDonnell <real-address-in-sig(a)flur.bltigibbet.invalid> wrote: >> >> > >> >> > So which `fn' key does `eject' map to? And how does that enable a >> >> > non-Apple keyboard to work on a Mac? >> >> >> >> I think the answer is (rather unhelpfully): "it depends". I _think_ >> it gets >> >> mapped to the last function key, so depending on the keyboard it >> could well >> >> be F12. >> > >> > Ah - so this new Mac keyboard notionally has 20 f_ keys, yes? F1-F19 >> > marked up with numbers, and `eject' which is F20 but not marked as >> such? >> >> er...unsure. On a made-by-Apple keyboard I'd expect the eject key to >> *not* >> act like a function key, but that's purely a guess. > > <shrug> All function keys do in my experience is `nothing, unless it's > a BBC Micro'. > > I can't see any point in bulking out keyboards with keys that have no > purpose in life, but there you go. Ah, you've used Sun Sparcstations then?! -- James Dore New College IT Officer james.dore(a)new / it-support(a)new
From: James Dore on 22 Jan 2010 10:20
On Fri, 22 Jan 2010 15:17:25 -0000, Rowland McDonnell <real-address-in-sig(a)flur.bltigibbet.invalid> wrote: > James Dore <james.dore(a)new.ox.ac.uk> wrote: > > [snip] > >> I can live with it - more than I can live with modern keyboards, that's >> for sure :-D > > You tried my rubber feet idea? Ooh, actually no, and I have a number of suitable candidates too. Will experiment. Thanks for the reminder! Ta, -- James Dore New College IT Officer james.dore(a)new / it-support(a)new |