Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 11 Aug 2003 20:55:19 +0200 | From | Pavel Machek <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] lirc for 2.5/2.6 kernels - 20030802 |
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Hi!
> > > We can drop /dev/lirc*, and use input events with received codes, but I > > > think that lircd is still needed to translate them into userland > > > commands... > > > > That translation isn't done by lircd, but by the lirc_client library. > > This is no reason for keeping lircd as event dispatcher, the input layer > > would do equally well (with liblirc_client picking up events from > > /dev/input/event<x> instead of lircd). > > IMHO there's one problem: > > If a remote control has e.g. a "1" key this doesn't mean that a user > wants a "1" to be written into your editor while editing source code. > The "1" key on a remote control simply has a differnt _meaning_ than > the "1" key on your keyboard -- depending of course on what the user > thinks this key should mean.
That only means that the key on remote should be labeled "KEY_PROGRAM1" not "KEY_1".
> - users should be able to prevent remote keys from being fed into > the normal keyboard input queue; non lirc aware programs should > not recieve these events > (OTOH, if you use an IR keyboard...)
This is same as multimedia keys on PS/2 keyboards.
> - IR events should reach the applications independant of X keyboard > focus (well, maybe; the user should be able to decide)
Again this is the same as multimedia keys on PS/2 keyboards. It may need to be solved, but we'd have to solve that anyway.
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