@Ronaldo: that only does numbers not F1-F10 and the like...

@Matan: just tried with a bt keyboard and your right. hadn't thought of that! makes all kinds of console tools useless...
Thanks for the idea of adding some keys in gconf, I'll use it even though for some apps, like hte, it won't really help (i need too many keys).
Well, I guess I'll have to patch it to use something else...

btw, I have been trying to use your hebrew keyboard layouts but they seem to screw up shift selecting in some apps like conboy, do you know of this? is it fixable?

thanks!!