Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 7 Mar 2009 11:12:08 -0800 | From | Dmitry Torokhov <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 1/2] hid/apple: add module parameter to swap Command and Option keys |
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Hi Paul,
On Sat, Mar 07, 2009 at 05:07:14PM +1300, Paul Collins wrote: > Apple keyboards have the Command keys (a.k.a. the Apple or "waffle" key) > in the positions normally occupied on PC keyboards by the Alt/AltGr keys, > and the Option or Alt keys in the position occupied by the so-called > Windows keys. Folks who have been using PC-type computers for too long > generally have insurmountable muscle memory in this regard. > > This patch adds a module parameter, defaulting to off, that swaps these keys. > > The same effect can also be achieved by changing the console and X > keymaps, but this approach does not scale. For example, I don't want to > have to learn how to reconfigure Wayland's keymaps when the future > arrives and we all start using it, and there may be applications I don't > know about that also read keyboard events directly. >
We have a mechanism to alter in-kernel "scancode" to mapping from userspace by issuing EVIOCSKEYCODE ioctl and there are a few utilities written, in addition to HAL using it. So the best way I think is to simly add an optional HAL policy.
-- Dmitry
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