From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Message-ID: <487FB414.7060209@ntlworld.com> Date: Thu, 17 Jul 2008 22:05:24 +0100 From: Robert Hibberdine User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.14 (Windows/20080421) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net> References: <487CFED2.5080908@ntlworld.com> <8ccc8ba40807151259wb0c7dbdjf189f1b73ea4bae2@mail.gmail.com> <487E5E18.1020106@ntlworld.com> <2D1BE8BC-7550-48D2-8208-F4641C161CB1@mac.com> <487F96EB.4010906@ntlworld.com> <14ec7b180807171211q53c28e18j1c42b47c3ff88b3b@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <14ec7b180807171211q53c28e18j1c42b47c3ff88b3b@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: [9fans] setting up a differnet keyboard Topicbox-Message-UUID: eb040944-ead3-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 andrey mirtchovski wrote: > not when you need to type your password at the console and that > password contains non-ascii characters. I believe this is the original > reason kbmap() was added in the boot code (by Francisco Ballesteros, > if my memory is correct). > Ahh yes..Good point. I confess to having a shamelessly terminal-centric view of Plan9 at the moment... Bob