[PATCH, RFC] Add support for keyboard hotkeys

Matthew Garrett mjg59 at srcf.ucam.org
Tue Jan 31 02:31:57 PST 2006


On Tue, Jan 31, 2006 at 10:26:21AM +0000, Richard Hughes wrote:

> Okay, I've given the keyboard to a mate to borrow, I should be able to
> steal it off him this evening at some stage, then I'll give you the
> data.

Super.

> > > Surely we need to launch the addon for each keyboard from an fdi file?
> > 
> > Yup.
> 
> Unconditionally for every keyboard.

Indeed.

> Yes, IMO, as it's emitting ButtonPressed events -- else programs will
> not be expected to "watch" this udi for conditions.

Ok - that's straightforward enough.

> Also, this should work for powerbooks. The powerbutton is exposed as a
> keyevent, key 116 (KEY_POWER).

Excellent. Yes, it should work without modification.

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Matthew Garrett | mjg59 at srcf.ucam.org


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