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[Ricky Campbell <cyberdork33@xxxxxxxxx>]

>From what I have found looking around that weird symbol ( ⌅ ) is
supposed to be "Enter" (as opposed to Return) and that seems to follow
with how it functions as you stated already (and why that mark is also
on the Return key) and also matches what is found on other language
keyboards. I believe that most people remap the right CMD/Apple Key to
AltGr with xmodmap.

I have also found in some places that on Mac portables, that the AltGr
function was obtained by doing Fn+Alt, so you might try that as well.
(Is this how it functions under OSX?).

I thought that the omission of the AltGr on the right side is likely due to the condensed keyboard, but I found this image on wikipedia.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b3/Apple_wired_thin_keyboard-2007-08-11.jpg
Notice on the "full" German Apple Keyboard that there is no ⌅ markings, and still no AltGr key that I can tell.

Hope this helps.

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Intrepid: No "AltGr" key defined -> e.g. no "@" symbol with MacBook Pro
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/261573
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Status in Hotkeys: Incomplete
Status in Mactel Support: New
Status in central project for keyboard configuration: New
Status in “pommed” source package in Ubuntu: Incomplete

Bug description:
Binary package hint: pommed

Testing with Ubuntu 8.10 Alpha 4. Manually changed System -> Preferences -> Keyboard to "Apple: MacBook / MacBook Pro (Intel)", but no change. Apparently Ubuntu does not know what to do with the key second right to the space key (the key right next to the space key is the "Apple" key which also is right left to the space key) which should probably do the job of the AltGr key.

Fn - ctrl - alt - Apple key - SPACE - Apple key - strange key which probably should do the job of AltGr - < key etc.

Note that normally on modern Macs you get the "@" symbol pressing some key + the letter "l" key. At the moment, with Ubuntu, things work neither the Mac way nor the usual PC way. (I suppose it would be useful to use the PC way.)

This goes for a German keyboard tested. I assume it's the same with other languages' keyboards (English keyboards have th "@" on "q", too, right?).