On Wed, 11 May 2011 11:27:37 -0500 Jeff Hoogland <jeffhoogl...@gmail.com> said:
grandma :) could call it "hardware buttons". frankly.. i think that acpi is abused/misused in so many ways by hw vendors. if its a button like a key.. it should be a key. always. wired up to the kbd controller with a keycode. there should be another CLASS of switch that is on/off - like lid open state, "flight mode wifi switch" on some laptops is a sliding on/off switch that physically retains its state (its not a soft-toggle). imho even the power and reset buttons should be keys (just with a bonus hold power for 8secs+ and machine hard powers down feature). but reality is... the hw makers don't do this. the question i have been mulling is.. if e should have a "fake a key" mechanism that can take known acpi buttons and fake an x key for them, and then FAKE the above switch thing and present them as switches separately. then power, reset, zoom, blah blah can just be regular key bindings. there is a possible issue that u may have both an acpi "power" button and a "power button" on your keyboard. i think in the end this may be something for e18 to do. we have the nuts and bolts to support acpi etc. decently. we just don't have the right way to expose it to the user. > That all makes sense. Was just curious about the change. > > On Wed May 11 2011 11:01:26 AM CDT, Carsten Haitzler <ras...@rasterman.com> > wrote: > > > On Wed, 11 May 2011 06:23:28 -0700 Michael Jennings <m...@kainx.org> said: > > > > > On Wednesday, 11 May 2011, at 08:16:01 (-0500), > > > Jeff Hoogland wrote: > > > > > > > Touche - but I also think "closing lid" is hardly a "Button" :P > > > > > > "Power Management," "Energy Conservation," or even "Green Computing" > > > would be more appropriate and clear. > > > > since this includes keys that switch video (between vga and dvi), start a > > sleep, power off, reset, tell you a fan is on or not, something is > > overheating, lid has closed, ac adapter is plugged or unplugged, change > > brightness, change zoom level in and out, are an assist button, or > > vendor name button, maye mute/unmute, change volume, .... or god knows > > how much more... even the above is wrong. the MAJORITY of use is as > > buttons/keys/switches. > > > > -- > > ------------- Codito, ergo sum - "I code, therefore I am" -------------- > > The Rasterman (Carsten Haitzler) ras...@rasterman.com > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Achieve unprecedented app performance and reliability > > What every C/C++ and Fortran developer should know. > > Learn how Intel has extended the reach of its next-generation tools > > to help boost performance applications - inlcuding clusters. > > http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-dev2devmay > > _______________________________________________ > > enlightenment-users mailing list > > enlightenment-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-users > -- ------------- Codito, ergo sum - "I code, therefore I am" -------------- The Rasterman (Carsten Haitzler) ras...@rasterman.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Achieve unprecedented app performance and reliability What every C/C++ and Fortran developer should know. Learn how Intel has extended the reach of its next-generation tools to help boost performance applications - inlcuding clusters. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-dev2devmay _______________________________________________ enlightenment-users mailing list enlightenment-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-users
