Keysym additions.

[Jim Gettys]

On Fri, 2006-09-22 at 16:06 +0300, Daniel Stone wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 22, 2006 at 08:45:00AM -0400, Jim Gettys wrote:
> > It seems to me Fn is useful as a modifier for the rest of the keys on
> > the keyboard, which is a majority of the keys on the keyboard.  It is
> > also useful when playing games and music that all keys actually generate
> > codes for applications.
> 
> Right.  Modifier, in this case, means generates its own keysym, but
> does not modify the scancode of the key that's just been pressed.

Exactly: for all other keys on the keyboard.

> 
> If you don't believe me that working your way back from modifier +
> modified keysym to modified keysym is a nightmare, take a look at the
> way the kernel's keyboard driver deals with SysRq, which, incidentally,
> does just that.

I believe you...

-- 
Jim Gettys
One Laptop Per Child