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From: <plan9@itic.ca>
To: <9fans@cse.psu.edu>
Subject: Re: [9fans] kbd.c
Date: Mon,  1 Apr 2002 23:04:48 -0600	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <FIEDLHOOAEHBJAPIKGJCOEMGCAAA.plan9@itic.ca> (raw)


Thanks for pointing out that ^t^tn was a 20 seconds hack in an emergency Banana Republic situation :-)

Further more, I may argue that if beeing able to change the keymap in intial CPU/TERM state is vital, then the location is probably right but not the method.

Also to be considered, there exist much more different keyboards than Plan9 unsued keys...

"rob pike, esq." <rob@plan9.bell-labs.com> a crit dans le message news:<9163b7652b976780d7b590ac790ad527@plan9.bell-labs.com>...
> > On condition that the Ctrl and "T" keys don't get redefined by the
> > keymap.  I detect a potential vicious circle.
> 
> It seems to me the function keys or one of the other unused ones
> are a better choice.
> 
> The ^t^t thing is a) a horrible hack (mea culpa) and b) in the wrong
> driver anyway.  As others have pointed out, it's easy to set the
> toggle key itself in the tables you load.  If you break the horrible
> hack, well, don't.  Besides, ^t^t0 would be echoed.
> 
> 
> -rob
> 



             reply	other threads:[~2002-04-02  5:04 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 44+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2002-04-02  5:04 plan9 [this message]
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2002-04-02 10:48 forsyth
2002-04-02 10:56 ` Lucio De Re
2002-04-02 10:42 forsyth
2002-04-08 12:54 ` Andries Brouwer
2002-04-02  9:31 forsyth
2002-04-02  9:44 ` Boyd Roberts
2002-04-02  8:28 Fco.J.Ballesteros
2002-04-02  8:17 Fco.J.Ballesteros
2002-04-02  1:58 okamoto
2002-04-01 14:01 rob pike, esq.
2002-04-01  1:54 okamoto
2002-04-01  1:40 okamoto
2002-03-31 19:35 andrey mirtchovski
2002-03-31 14:48 bwc
2002-03-31 15:13 ` Boyd Roberts
2002-03-31 17:06 ` Digby Tarvin
2002-03-31 10:24 forsyth
2002-03-31  5:40 rob pike, esq.
2002-03-30 23:13 Russ Cox
2002-03-30 21:28 rob pike, esq.
2002-03-30 22:41 ` Richard
2002-03-30 22:47 ` Digby Tarvin
2002-03-31 11:26   ` kazumi iwane
2002-03-31 12:21     ` kazumi iwane
2002-03-31  2:47 ` kazumi iwane
2002-03-31 18:32 ` George Bronnikov
2002-04-01  0:47   ` Boyd Roberts
2002-04-01  6:50     ` George Bronnikov
2002-04-01  7:22       ` Lucio De Re
2002-04-01 11:35         ` Boyd Roberts
2002-04-01 16:27         ` kazumi iwane
2002-04-01 16:33           ` Lucio De Re
2002-04-01 11:34       ` Boyd Roberts
2002-03-30 21:20 Geoff Collyer
2002-04-08 12:47 ` Matthew C Weigel
2002-03-30 21:10 rob pike, esq.
2002-03-30 21:08 rob pike, esq.
2002-03-31 18:58 ` FJ Ballesteros
2002-04-01  0:36   ` Boyd Roberts
2002-04-01  0:42   ` Boyd Roberts
2002-03-23 12:01 George Bronnikov
2002-03-30 21:05 ` FJ Ballesteros
2002-03-31 12:45   ` Boyd Roberts

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