Dirk Wallenstein wrote: > I would like to give some examples of what a fully functional and configurable > XKB extension could offer. > > > 1.Obviate the need to leave the home row for functionality that is provided by > keys right of the main keyboard > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > By taking a common pc-105 keyboard and holding down the AltGr/ISO-Level3-Shift > modifier , all the alphabetic keys can be equipped with functionality like > cursor-cross, insert, delete, home, etc. With the help of XKB's > Redirect-Key-Action it would even be possible to have word-wise cursor > movement > in all text edit fields. All without leaving the home row. > > > 2.Shortcuts abound > ------------------ > Press one key and let the whole keyboard produce keysyms that are not > recognized by any application, so that you can be sure, not to interact with > the currently active application in an unwanted manner. This now inactive > keyboard could be set up, to exclusively interact with the desktop > environment. > > > 3.Use a shortcut setup to control the window manager > ---------------------------------------------------- > By using a shortcut setup from example 2 and making it accessible by one of > the > keys in the lowest keyboard row, it would be possible to configure advanced > window manager interaction that would not require leaving the home row. > Shortcuts for switching applications, switching desktops, packing windows, and > common application shortcuts, would have some considerable clearance. It would > be possible to lock these shortcuts onto the main window (say with > Shift-Return), and with slightly improved support from the window manager, > there would be the chance to move the active window in a mouse-keys like > behavior or force a particular geometry onto a window (For example: maximize > on > the left halve of the screen, halve the screen's width and a quarter of the > screen's height in the top right corner, etc). > > > 4.Configure remote controls > --------------------------- > The usual device selection buttons on a remote control could be used to switch > between key type levels, so that the other keys produce the key events a > particular application takes for the corresponding action. With a simple > configuration file format that could be supported by those applications, and a > mechanism like inotify, configuration changes in the application could be > immediately active in the remote control. The user would at first create a > general configuration for the remote control, and after that, would only need > to associate the device selection buttons with a particular application. > > > 5.Configure a gamepad as a typing device > ---------------------------------------- > With 7 independently combinable buttons it would be possible to type all > characters of the English alphabet and punctuation (6 modifiers and a trigger > key), maybe facilitated by an input method. > > > > _______________________________________________ > xorg mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/xorg > > My guess would be to do what you do, then when your ready submit your patches, fully tested and everything then go from there.(or have a separate url where the patches are located, for people to test out or something).
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