[Bug 35351] Allow configuring modifier key mapping

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Mon Jan 19 23:02:40 CST 2015


https://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=35351

--- Comment #2 from Ken Thomases <ken at codeweavers.com> ---
(In reply to ball from comment #1)
> Can somebody please explain why command is mapped to alt instead of option
> (aka ALT)?

Because the Option key (a.k.a. Alt) is the only way to access additional
characters from the keyboard layout.  If it were mapped to Windows Alt, then it
would prevent access to those characters.  On many keyboard layouts, such keys
are absolutely crucial.  (For example, in the French keyboard layout, you need
to use the Option key to type the "@" sign, which comes up a lot in email
addresses.)


> Surely, the sane default mapping would be:
> 
> ctrl->ctrl
> alt->alt
> apple->windows

Except that the Option key doesn't work like a Windows Alt key in any other
part of OS X.  And nothing works like the Windows key; certainly not the
Command key.


> This seems to be some insane hold-over from Apple's X11 implementation of
> mode switch

You're welcome to consider it insane, but, no, it's not from that.


I have no problem with Wladimir's request/suggestion.  I may implement
something like it someday, although I welcome if somebody else wants to do it
first.

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