On Wed, Dec 17, 2008 at 05:42:42PM +0200, Marius Gedminas wrote: > On Wed, Dec 17, 2008 at 09:21:47PM +1100, Daniel Stone wrote: > > Hi, > > > > On Wed, Dec 17, 2008 at 12:02:34PM +0200, Marius Gedminas wrote: > > > On Wed, Dec 17, 2008 at 12:04:16PM +1000, Peter Hutterer wrote: > > > > To send that key from an input driver you'd have to init the key class > > > > and > > > > send the keycode up to the DDX. But being > 255 the server would ignore > > > > it. > > > > > > Are there any plans about dealing with keycodes > 255? I keep noticing > > > this problem in various contexts recently, and I'd like to know if > > > > > > * there's no known solution > > > > Not for core-only clients. > > Are workarounds (e.g. allowing users to remap keycodes > 255 to keycodes > < 255) possible, or too ugly to be allowed to see daylight?
the latter. You could get around it by assigning a 3 group xkb layout on the device and then - in the driver - switch the group before sending a keycode above 255. The theory then goes that for groups 3 and above you can do keycode % 255 and it'll be mapped to the correct thing. This however assumes that - the driver knows about xkb and manages the keymaps accordingly. which it doesnt. - the clients don't touch the xkb map for the device. which they do. Cheers, Peter _______________________________________________ xorg mailing list xorg@lists.freedesktop.org http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/xorg
