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From: Fco.J.Ballesteros <nemo@plan9.escet.urjc.es>
To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu
Subject: Re: [9fans] keymaps question. would this be acceptable for you all?
Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2003 14:39:57 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <e664866fda89ee54b8fb763a2f178b49@plan9.escet.urjc.es> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <013f01c3a914$ce9c5da0$b9844051@insultant.net>

>> Regarding shift and control, the user driver already gets keys for shift-a
> control-a.
>
> you are assuming where 'a' is.  the scan codes [song] remain[s]  the same.

No. Ctrl+[what would be a in the us] is reported as ctrl-a by the kernel.
If your keyboard says it should be ctrl-x, you remap it. But the still get the ctrl
reported.

What I try to say is that the maps no longer use scan codes. They use runes
(or control runes).



      reply	other threads:[~2003-11-12 13:39 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2003-11-12  9:12 Fco.J.Ballesteros
2003-11-12 11:13 ` Boyd Roberts
2003-11-12 11:34   ` Fco.J.Ballesteros
2003-11-12 11:39     ` boyd, rounin
2003-11-12 11:45       ` Fco.J.Ballesteros
2003-11-12 12:02         ` boyd, rounin
2003-11-12 13:39           ` Fco.J.Ballesteros [this message]

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