Sorry for the sarcasm, but feeping creaturism annoys me. We already have a ferpectly pine way to do this, documented copiously in the manual pages, so why duplicate it? Surely mapping keys which only exist on some keyboards is a user choice, so don't be surprised if you have to make an active choice to do it.
This is exactly why I think Debian is not the way for a Linux begginer maybe I am experienced enough to use it now but this thread illustrates exactly why mandrake and SuSe are better suited to a Linux begginer. I am with you on the issue of feature creep (one of my favourite computer terms). Your comments to me are totally fair and yes I should get around to reading some Debian setup documentation. In my defence I quote
To summarise some pre-configured settings are useful. My reasoning being that if you don't know that you can to set them, you never will set them. These problems are compounded if the setup is complex.
fare enough for people to graduate to debian but begginers? The same problem exists not just with UNIX like environments and with software, but also buying fruit and a hole series of things in this world. If you don't know Okra exists you will never cook with it let alone perfect your cooking.
Regards
Owen
Date: 28-Oct-01 Time: 16:08:14