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SubjectRe: Mark keyboard RAW mode deprecated
Hi!

> In times of sun keyboards and usb keyboards, keyboard raw mode has
> no longer good sense. People already had problems with it on
> powerpc: system then behaves different if you use different kind of
> keyboard. We should better let world know raw mode is doomed to
> dead.
>
> Ummm... doesn't the X server use RAW mode exclusively?

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. Anyway X do _not_ want to know about ps/2
keyboards, mac keyboards, sun keyboards and usb keyboards, do they? If
they use mediumraw, they are safe.

Pavel
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