Messages in this thread |  | | | Date | Mon, 12 Oct 1998 03:47:48 -0400 | | From | kernel@whitesta ... | | Subject | Re: [OT] Re: [PATCH] Magic SysRq key in Dvorak |
On Sun, Oct 11, 1998 at 11:04:54PM -0400, Feuer wrote: > Why does it seem that people involved in Linux use the Dvorak keyboard much much > more than other people? It's my favorite as well. Is it pure intelligence, or an > unwillingness to accept a poor solution?
Yes.
> > Brion Vibber wrote: > > > 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) > > > > - > > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in > > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.rutgers.edu > > Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ > > > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.rutgers.edu > Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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