Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 13 Dec 2002 17:22:17 +0100 | From | Jan-Benedict Glaw <> | Subject | Re: PATCH: Four function buttons on DELL Latitude X200 |
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On Wed, 2002-12-11 14:41:20 -0800, H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com> wrote in message <3DF7BF10.7030204@zytor.com>: > Pavel Machek wrote: > > > > Well, nothing prevents keyboard manufacturers from using 0xe2 as a > > prefix, too. I think there are really *weird* keyboards out there. > > > > True enough, although very few things are going to recognize them at all.
A co-worker of me once developed some patch to handle some weired Point of Sale keyboards (with magnetic stripe reader and some lock and so on). He did it by allowing additional modules to parse everything what is coming from keyboard controller (through additionally hooked modules) before sending "normal" keycaps events to userspace. An application willing to get the extra data could fetch that from some /dev/ice node. This could be generalized to send input API events. I'll CC him to allow him to speak up.
MfG, JBG
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