Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [PATCH] Unisys pc keyboard new keys patch, kernel 2.4.3 | From | (Eric W. Biederman) | Date | 16 Apr 2001 23:30:29 -0600 |
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Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> writes:
> > Yes, but they could be. Changing the Linux keycodes is a major > > break with compatibility. If the Linux keycodes are to be changed, > > then they ought to be become something that would allow XFree86 > > to become keyboard-independent. Why invent yet another encoding? > > You dont need to break compatibility. We have cooked, raw, semi-raw type modes > for keyboard right now. We just need to add semi-raw-extended and raw-extended
Of course don't have raw via terminal escape string, which can be a royal pain on a remote machine, if you know how to use the raw keycodes.
Eric
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