Florent Pillet wrote: > > on 4/09/01 9:04, Tuomas Kuosmanen at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > Now it might be also possible to do something with the keyboard > > modifiers (Mod1, Mod2 etc..), but I dont yet quite understand how they > > work, but I wonder if it might be possible to have Alt_L (the current > > Alt key) to also act as Mode_Switch. Maybe, I dont know yet. In that > > case we wouldnt need the Fn, and thus the above would not be a problem. > > However this was the first solution for me, I can now use the keyboard > > fully to get things done (just as you did with your hack as well) > > A note on the fn key: I tried with Xev and saw that fn by itself does not > generate any event. I think this is hardwired in the kernel, with the > sends_linux_keycodes=1 stuff.
I don't think it's got anything to do with that. I'd be surprised if the kernel could even see the fn key. I bet it's completely handled by the keyboard controller. While we're at it, let's clear up some FUD about the fn key: it's never needed for F7-F12 and the behaviour for F1-F6 can be reversed with a MockOS control panel. -- Earthling Michel Dänzer (MrCooper) \ Debian GNU/Linux (powerpc) developer CS student, Free Software enthusiast \ XFree86 and DRI project member
