Geert Uytterhoeven wrote: > > On Thu, 7 Jun 2001, Michel DSnzer wrote: > > Ethan Benson wrote: > > > I am wondering if there is any reason we should not switch woody to > > > use linux keycodes by default and finally abandon the adb keycodes? > > > > > > AFAICT all that needs to be changed is dbootstrap to use i386 keymaps > > > on macs, the kernel-images to turn off CONFIG_MAC_ADBKEYCODES, and > > > console-* to choose i386 maps on macs instead of mac keymaps. the > > > default X11 configuration would need to be changed probably as well. > > > > Nope, it sets Option "XkbModel" "pc104" by default already. > > > > I am all for this - APUS not having Linux keycodes yet is not an issue, it > > will keep Amiga keycodes, right? > > I don't know. Should APUS start using Linux keycodes too?
I think it'd be worthwhile, it would cut down the effort needed for keymap maintenance to virtually zero. > I hope it's not the same as using PC/AT keycodes for everything, since we > tried that on m68k ages ago and it didn't work out at all, so we reverted > and sent the PC/AT keycodes with an old Sojuz into the Sun :-) AFAIK Linux keycodes are PC/AT keycodes, with a few exceptions. Let's hope the exceptions are what kept you from adapting PC/AT back then. :) -- Earthling Michel D�nzer (MrCooper) \ Debian GNU/Linux (powerpc) developer CS student, Free Software enthusiast \ XFree86 and DRI project member
