Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 11 Oct 1998 16:32:49 -0700 (PDT) | From | Brion Vibber <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] Magic SysRq key in Dvorak |
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On Sun, 11 Oct 1998, Martin Mares wrote:
> Hmmm, it seems to me this really doesn't belong to the kernel. People who > are smart enough to be kernel hackers (and if they are not kernel hackers, > they should not use SysRq since they don't understand what it means) are also > expected to know that it doesn't respect the keymap and to remember the right > mapping.
So, kernel hackers are expected to accept unquestioningly what has been placed before them? You have disillusioned me, Martin. I thought Linux was about freedom - the freedom to use a different key mapping is part of that. But apparently there is no freedom here, just more tyranny. I give up, I'm going back to Windows where "free software" means borrowing someone else's Office 97 CD. :(
Just kidding! :)
Let me ask you something: why have SysRq in the official kernel at all if REAL kernel hackers can patch it into their kernels themselves? The answer: *convenience*! The Magic SysRq Key is a useful tool for kernel hackers, and it's a hell of a lot easier to have it sitting there ready to be enabled than to have to patch it into every kernel.
No, a Dvorak keymap for the Magic SysRq Key is not necessary, but it is *convenient* for kernel hackers who, like me, use and love the Dvorak layout. I'm certainly smart enough to use QWERTY if I have to (after all, my keyboard is labeled in QWERTY, even if I forget it I have only to look down) but I *prefer* to use Dvorak, just as I *prefer* to have the Magic SysRq Key available for my use! Heck, I have to be *smarter* to use the Dvorak keys since they're _not_ labeled and I need to remember them!
Certainly SysRq is for kernel hackers only, but that's why it's in the "Kernel Hacking" section of the configuration. Or do I misunderstand its purpose?
-- brion vibber (brion@pobox.com)
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