Re: Keyboard mapping of Option and Command

[Riccardo Mottola]

Hi,

Richard Frith-Macdonald wrote:
> Yes, I'm sure SystemPreferences.app has a panel for mapping modifier keys.
> I have a vague memory that there's documentation on how to do it with the 
> defaults system too.

Exactly, SystemPreferences is just a graphical front-end for those defaults.

An "ugly" detail is that in case you set them to "none", so you don't 
see the standard defaults. While logic from a systempreference to be 
able to "unset" the defaults is sound (an for power users), it is user 
confusong for a non-tech person.

> But I guess the point is to try to improve the baseline mapping 'out of the 
> box' (I'm just not sure it's worth the effort of writing code to try to figure 
> out the capabilities of the hardware you happen to be running on though).

I am not suggesting to write code to figure out if there is an extra key 
or not. I don't even think this is feasible beyond testing (attach a new 
keyboard to a Mac and it will ask you to press certain keys to see if 
they exist...).
More some smart defaults... e.g. different priority in key and mouse 
modifiers... or someething. I argue the current is not optimal.

Riccardo