Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262690AbTHUNrn (ORCPT ); Thu, 21 Aug 2003 09:47:43 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262675AbTHUNrl (ORCPT ); Thu, 21 Aug 2003 09:47:41 -0400 Received: from delta.ds2.pg.gda.pl ([213.192.72.1]:41419 "EHLO delta.ds2.pg.gda.pl") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262690AbTHUNp1 (ORCPT ); Thu, 21 Aug 2003 09:45:27 -0400 Date: Thu, 21 Aug 2003 15:45:15 +0200 (MET DST) From: "Maciej W. Rozycki" To: Andries Brouwer cc: Vojtech Pavlik , Jamie Lokier , Neil Brown , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Input issues - key down with no key up In-Reply-To: <20030821144441.A3480@pclin040.win.tue.nl> Message-ID: Organization: Technical University of Gdansk MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1457 Lines: 34 On Thu, 21 Aug 2003, Andries Brouwer wrote: > > > Etc. Set 3 is a pain. Nobody wants it, except the people who have read > > > the spec only and say - look, neat, a single code for a single keystroke. > > > > Plus the symmetry of keys -- no more strange behaviour of "special" keys. > > On my BTC keyboard, the macro key produces e0 6f in Set 3, yes, two scancodes. > On my Safeway keyboard, the multimedia keys do not produce any scancode > at all in Set 3. The same holds for my Compaq Easy Access Keyboard. So if you need these keys, then just use what works for you. Thanks for mentioning these -- I'll know what to avoid. BTW, for completeness, have you tried set #1? > The correspondence between Set 2 codes and Set 3 codes varies from > keyboard to keyboard. > Things are not pretty in reality. > Only on paper, and only if you disregard all "new" keys. There are good devices out there (mine inclusive :-) ) that comply to what papers require and I see no reason not to handle them fully. -- + Maciej W. Rozycki, Technical University of Gdansk, Poland + +--------------------------------------------------------------+ + e-mail: macro@ds2.pg.gda.pl, PGP key available + - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/