Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 22 Sep 2003 15:50:20 +0200 | From | Vojtech Pavlik <> | Subject | Re: Translated set 3 |
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On Mon, Sep 22, 2003 at 01:42:55PM +0100, John Bradford wrote: > Sorry if there is an obvious answer to this question that I'm missing, > but what is the advantage of using translation in set 3? > > I totally agree that translated set 2 is the way to get 99% of > keyboards working perfectly, and that the reason we use translation > here, is because although untranslated set 2 is simpler, some laptops > don't support this properly, and some that do have problems with BIOS > interpretation of the codes, etc. > > However, surely setups that support set 3, will support it equally > well with and without translation? Here, I don't see the advantage of > enabling translation. > > Why not simplify the whole problem, and either have: > > * translated set 2 with workarounds for all known strange keyboards > * untranslated set 3
Because it doesn't simplify the driver. :) The translated+set3 combo, although doesn't make much sense, just works ...
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