thanks for this info... > The mainline XFree86 server does not use Linux's keycodes. > > The TinyX server, on the other hand, reads the kernel keysymbols, > and is fully integrated with Linux terminal handling. There may > need to be a few lines in a table added to handle the various multimedia > keys sprouting on keyboards these days.
what's TinyX? guess i have some more reading to do. > > I'll let others comment on the historical genesis of this situation, > as I'm not familiar with the history, and beyond saying that there is > an attempt in the main XFree86 server to do its keyboard handling cross > platform, I don't know the reasons (or even if this situation is a good so, reading between the lines, i guess the mapping i'm looking for from hardware scancodes to X11 keycodes, in the XFree86 server, is hard-coded in a platform-specific driver somewhere? paul > idea or not, though given how small the keyboard code is in TinyX, I'm > dubious the current situation is optimal, given the problems this leaves > to the end users). > - Jim =--------------------- paul fox, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (arlington, ma, where it's 33.6 degrees) _______________________________________________ Xpert mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xpert
