Op Thu, 19 Jul 2007, schreef Bodo Eggert:
> Daniël Mantione <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Op Thu, 19 Jul 2007, schreef Dmitry Torokhov: > >> On 7/14/07, Daniel Mantione <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > To make this discussion productive, I want to work towards a solution. I > > don't mind how I can make the keyboard work as it should, I just want it > > work. Think of the needs of a user interface, you walk through controls > > using tab and shift+tab, put common commands under the function keys and > > shift/control/alt combinations. Cursor control in an editor is done with > > the navigation pad on your keyboard: arrows, home/end/pgup/pgdown, plus > > shift/control/alt combinations with them. > > > > That is all, nothing fancy. Could the kernel support a way to do this? > > It could, but nobody had the idea of combining a cooked mode and a raw mode > like DOS provides. OK, DOS did not do a good job, you had to peek the shift > status separately, but you had the assigned character as well as the > (translated) scancode. IIRC, X11 does the same, but with the scancodes > (and the mouse coordinates?) included. Well, let's go for it then. Where to start? Greetings, Daniël Mantione
