Re: Lost keypresses [was Re: GGI and cli/sti in X]

Pavel Machek (pavel@atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz)
Wed, 1 Apr 1998 15:43:28 +0200


> So in VC_MEDIUMRAW Alt_Fn will cause a VC switch under X? Hmmm...

It depends on kernel. On everything I've seen X can still use
Alt-FX.

> So my questions are:
>
> 1. Will it work if I change the keyboard mode from VC_RAW to VC_MEDIUMRAW?
> AFAIK the only difference is that VC_MEDIUMRAW sends single keycodes,
> while VC_RAW sends scancodes, which may be prefixed. I haven't tried it
> yet, though.

Yes.

> 2. Is there a good reason for keeping the scancode system? Life
> would be

Dosemu needs raw to make its life easier. Well, could be easily fixed
and it will *have* to be done for non-intel.

> much easier if each key would generate a unique single keycode.
> (preferably even 16 bit, since 8 bit (7 bit plus up/down bit) is too
> limited for some keyboards)

Do you have keyboard > 128 characters? I do *NOT* want yet another
keyboard mode.
Pavel

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