Re: Keycode for Win95 keyboard extra keys

H. Peter Anvin (hpa@transmeta.com)
23 Nov 1997 13:12:04 GMT


Followup to: <3477A3BB.BD370B69@darkknight.net>
By author: Brian Beaudoin <baddog@darkknight.net>
In newsgroup: linux.dev.kernel
>
> For those who haven't removed those offending keys (like Linus at the
> June Linux Expo), the scan codes are 125, 126, and 127 corresponding to
> the left "windows" key, the right "windows" key, and the "menu" key.
>

Even though the symbols are highly objectionable (and just plain
BAD... I think it is a plot by Microsoft to get the Windows logo into
ISO 10646/Unicode) I find the keys themselves highly useful when bound
to "Super" and "Hyper". Cuts down on the number of multiple-keystroke
things needed in Emacs.

-hpa

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