Hello Matthew, On Sat, Apr 02, 2005 at 09:25:46AM +0000, Matthew Denner wrote: > I don't know whether anyone would find this useful but I took Johannes > patch and have started to provide the 'fn' key within the hid code so > that it acts as a modifier, rather than maps to right control. I see that "right control" seems not quite canonical. But nevertheless, wouldn't it be more flexible to provide the interpretation of the fn-key in user space (via keyboard mappings) instead of in the kernel.
Advantages of this approach: * allows the user to use combinations like fn-a etc. for private purposes by just changing the keymap * keeps the kernel code smaller As a proof of concept you can have a look at the keymaps provided at my web page http://seehuhn.de/comp/powerbook/ . They provide correct bindings for the fn key using Johannes' patch. All the best, Jochen -- http://seehuhn.de/
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