misc/100782: Default keymap to support ALT+Left, ALT+Right console switching

[Peter Kuma]

>Number:         100782
>Category:       misc
>Synopsis:       Default keymap to support ALT+Left, ALT+Right console switching
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    freebsd-bugs
>State:          open
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:
>Class:          change-request
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Mon Jul 24 17:00:30 GMT 2006
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Peter Kuma
>Release:        6.1-RELEASE
>Organization:
>Environment:
FreeBSD dragoncave.local 6.1-RELEASE FreeBSD 6.1-RELEASE #0: Sun May 7 04:32:43 UTC 2006 root at opus.cse.buffalo.edu:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC i386
>Description:
Feature proposal:
Default keymap (us.iso.kbd or maybe all) could support ALT+Left, ALT+Right console switching.
If not out-of-the-box, then it should be at least mentioned in the documentation, since many linux-experienced users are used to it.
>How-To-Repeat:

>Fix:
--- us.iso.kbd.orig     Mon Jul 24 18:26:45 2006
+++ us.iso.kbd  Mon Jul 24 18:30:21 2006
@@ -100,8 +100,8 @@
   094   fkey49 fkey49 fkey49 fkey49 fkey49 fkey49 fkey49 fkey49  O
   095   fkey50 fkey50 fkey50 fkey50 fkey50 fkey50 fkey50 fkey50  O
   096   fkey51 fkey51 fkey51 fkey51 fkey51 fkey51 fkey51 fkey51  O
-  097   fkey53 fkey53 fkey53 fkey53 fkey53 fkey53 fkey53 fkey53  O
-  098   fkey55 fkey55 fkey55 fkey55 fkey55 fkey55 fkey55 fkey55  O
+  097   fkey53 fkey53 fkey53 fkey53 pscr   fkey53 fkey53 fkey53  O
+  098   fkey55 fkey55 fkey55 fkey55 nscr   fkey55 fkey55 fkey55  O
   099   fkey57 fkey57 fkey57 fkey57 fkey57 fkey57 fkey57 fkey57  O
   100   fkey58 fkey58 fkey58 fkey58 fkey58 fkey58 fkey58 fkey58  O
   101   fkey59 fkey59 fkey59 fkey59 fkey59 fkey59 fkey59 fkey59  O
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