lkml.org 
[lkml]   [1996]   [May]   [27]   [last100]   RSS Feed
Views: [wrap][no wrap]   [headers]  [forward] 
 
Messages in this thread
    /
    Date
    From
    SubjectRe: TTY switching - SysReq rather than Alt please?
    : Shawn Rutledge (ecloud@goodnet.com) wrote:
    :: > > It occurs to me that a better key binding for switching consoles
    :: > > would be Alt-SysReq Function-key so that the
    :: > > Alt function keys could be used by programs.

    Lots of people answer, but nobody points out that one simple
    loadkeys command will achieve this.

    Roeland Th. Jansen:

    : use alt <###> where <333> is the number of the VC you want to switch to. The
    : <###> is on the numpad. for the event that you need to send raw keys, escape
    : first with alt <999> to switch VC switching off and atl <998> to switch it
    : back on or so. A few system calls to have it done from a program and all is
    : OK.

    Even this strange construction is already possible today
    (exercise: how?) using loadkeys.
    Concerning system calls, in fact they are ioctls and also exist already.
    For an example, see the source of chvt.

    Andries



    \
     
     \ /
      Last update: 2005-03-22 13:37    [W:3.478 / U:0.108 seconds]
    ©2003-2020 Jasper Spaans|hosted at Digital Ocean and TransIP|Read the blog|Advertise on this site