Nicolas Williams wrote: > On Sun, Jan 11, 2009 at 08:01:10PM -0800, Phi Tran wrote: >> Since there is no generic ACPI specification for other hotkeys, most >> vendors just define their own specific ACPI based hotkey method. This >> case will also add Toshiba specific ACPI hotkey method support for: >> 1. Fn + ESC: audio mute On/Off >> 2. Fn + F1: screen lock >> 3. Fn + F3: suspend to RAM(on S3 capable platform) >> 4. Fn + F8: wireless LAN On/Off >> 5. Fn + F9: touchPad On/Off >> >> Other vendor specific hotkey method support can be added in future after >> we get the related documentations. > > Would it be possible to let users create their own set of hotkeys? Even > if the hotkeys are burned into the HW, it'd be nice to be able to let > the user input each one and assign a symbol to each. This would be a > good workaround for lack of support for a specific laptop.
Yes, it's possible to let users create their own set of hotkeys. That's why our current design leverages Gnome shortcuts application. Uses can define their own hotkeys(shortcuts) as usual. This project will make the dedicated hotkeys also and always work. Thanks, Kerry > > At base what I'm asking for is that it be possible to provide a list of > hotkeys and their symbolic mappings via a method other than an ELF > kernel module -- a text file, say, read at boot time or at ttymon/Xorg > start time (so the parsing could be done in user-land). > > Nico
