Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 23 Nov 1999 11:13:37 +0100 | From | Pavel Machek <> | Subject | Re: Mark keyboard RAW mode deprecated |
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Hi!
> > Yes, it does and yes, it better should not use them. Converting X to > > use medium raw is trivial change, and it is needed to get mac > > keyboards play nicely. > > Why? > > Let people do whatever they want. I don't see the whole point of > medium-raw being so incredibly superior.
Ok. The problem was person with two keyboards (Geert?). X worked nicely for him with PS/2 keyboard but some keys did not work when he plugged in mac-style keyboard. It was because X did not expect to see e0 prefixes and similar braindamage.
Notice that medium raw is essentially raw mode with braindamage removed, and notice that we can not reasonably generate prefixes for keyboards that are not braindamaged. Therefore raw mode exports things like differences between PS/2 and USB keyboards to userland applications. There is _one_ legitimate application of full raw mode -- showkeys. Other applications really want medium raw.
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