Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 20 Apr 2006 18:58:24 +0200 | From | Martin Mares <> | Subject | Re: [RFC] [PATCH] Make ACPI button driver an input device |
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Hello!
> Generic application does not need to know if power, sleep, or lid button is > pressed, so you will need to intercept them from input stream... I cannot > find any reason to mix these buttons into input, do you?
Neither does a generic application need to know if the NumLock key is just pressed. This doesn't mean anything.
I don't see any reason for treating some keys or buttons differently. A key is just a key.
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