Re: [PATCH] Lowered priority of "too many keys" message in atkbd

[Jörn Engel]

On Fri, 4 June 2004 14:48:11 +0200, Pavel Machek wrote:
> 
> > This patch is from the Debian kernel package and I think it's valid
> > because this error doesn't cause any kind of malfunction of the
> > system.
> 
> Except perhaps dropped key?
> 
> When keypress is lost, I like to know if my fingers are to blame,
> keyboard hardware is to blame, or keyboard is misdesigned.

And from experience I can tell, that lossy keyboards are a royal pain
in the behind.  And the system not doing *exactly* what I tell it to
do *is* a malfunction of the system.

"This is bad.  Do you really want to do it? (y/n)"

Just a single wrong key, eh!

Jörn

-- 
Fools ignore complexity.  Pragmatists suffer it.
Some can avoid it.  Geniuses remove it.
-- Perlis's Programming Proverb #58, SIGPLAN Notices, Sept.  1982
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