Re: [9fans] kbd.c

[George Bronnikov <goga@rubinstein.mccme.ru>]

On Sat, 30 Mar 2002, rob pike, esq. wrote:

> > My favourite keyboard, the Happy Hacking keyboard, doesn't have a caps
> > lock key, so I'd prefer a mechanism that doesn't require one.  The HH
> > keyboard does have alt and Б≈┼ keys, plus the usual array of function
> > keys, arrow keys and misc. weird PC keys (scroll lock, home, insert)
> > on other keys when the "function" modifier key is applied.
> Whatever your personal taste, the HH keyboard is a crock.  I think
> it's a mistake to go in one direction or the other based on that
> oddball.  The vast majority of keyboards have a caps lock and I think
> it's reasonable to assume one is present.

I needed some sticky modifier key to switch between Cyrillic and Latin;
in fact, nothing is tied to it being Caps Lock.  If HH does not have one,
you can choose any key you want and make it send the caps lock code -- the
kbmap mechanism allows that.

Perhaps the caps_lock variable should simply be renamed to something
like sticky_mod.

My solution will not work, of course, if you have more than two layouts
to switch (I've seen English/Russian/Ukrainian keymaps for Linux, for
example).  It is not hard to make an arbitrary number of keytables, but
I'm not sure it is worth the complexity.

	Goga