usb/144414: Apple "Fn" key doesn't work properly

[Steven Noonan]

The following reply was made to PR usb/144414; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Steven Noonan <steven at uplinklabs.net>
To: perryh at pluto.rain.com
Cc: freebsd-usb at freebsd.org, freebsd-gnats-submit at freebsd.org
Subject: Re: usb/144414: Apple "Fn" key doesn't work properly
Date: Wed, 3 Mar 2010 23:01:16 -0800

 On Wed, Mar 3, 2010 at 11:00 PM, Steven Noonan <steven at uplinklabs.net> wrot=
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 > On Wed, Mar 3, 2010 at 10:36 PM, =C2=A0<perryh at pluto.rain.com> wrote:
 >> Steven Noonan <steven at uplinklabs.net> wrote:
 >>> Interestingly, my tilde key doesn't work either (though the key
 >>> press is detected, no character shows when the key is pressed).
 >>
 >> Any chance it is configured as a "dead" key? =C2=A0If you press
 >> tilde followed by n do you get an n with a tilde over it?
 >>
 >
 > Nope. It simply does nothing in the console.
 >
 > But in X11, it does something very odd. Shift+Tilde Key gives me '>',
 > and Tilde Key gives me '<'. And Alt+Tilde gives me... What? I don't
 > even know what action. It's grabbing some arbitrary command in my
 > .bash_history. It gave me the first item in my .bash_history the first
 > time I tried it. Then I tried an arbitrary command ("echo"), and then
 > Alt+Tilde gave me the second command in my .bash_history. Whaa?
 >
 > - Steven
 
 Ugh. If only life had a rewind/erase button, I could fix my poor
 proofreading and no one would be the wiser. See above for fixed
 nonsense.
 
 - Steven
 >