Thread (12 messages) 12 messages, 4 authors, 2009-01-16

Re: Re (hello?): [PATCH] Let keyboard notifiers modify key codes

From: Samuel Thibault <samuel.thibault@ens-lyon.org>
Date: 2009-01-16 19:36:22
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Pavel Machek, le Thu 15 Jan 2009 08:40:44 +0100, a écrit :
On Fri 2009-01-09 22:43:57, Samuel Thibault wrote:
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Alan Cox, le Fri 09 Jan 2009 21:35:55 +0000, a écrit :
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Samuel Thibault [off-list ref] wrote:
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Came somebody have a look at this?  The need is real, the only question
that comes to my mind is whether notifiers are allowed to modify the
param they are given.  Since they are not marked const, I'd guess it'd
be ok?
The notifier code doesn't care.
I know, but I'm asking about current practice.
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Make kbd_keycode() read param.value after calling the keyboard notification
chain, to let the callee change the translation on the fly. This for instance
permits to remap the physical positions of the keys independently of the
configured keymap, for e.g. single-handed people.
Surely that is just a new keymap ?
No. That would mean a lot of keymapSSS. Doing it the keymap way
would require to have us, us-revert-left, us-revert-right, en-uk,
uk-revert-left, uk-revert-right, etc. I really don't like that approach,
thus the "independently of the configured keymap".
...and that is ok if you autogenerate those keymaps, right?
									Pavel
I have already answered that, see

http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=123153985127010&w=2

Samuel
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