From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Samuel Thibault Subject: Re: Re (hello?): [PATCH] Let keyboard notifiers modify key codes Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2009 20:36:03 +0100 Message-ID: <20090116193603.GA5401@const.famille.thibault.fr> References: <20090107005813.GA4987@const.famille.thibault.fr> <20090109212358.GG5073@const.famille.thibault.fr> <20090109213555.7f9275c9@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> <20090109214357.GH5073@const.famille.thibault.fr> <20090115074044.GA1599@ucw.cz> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE Return-path: Received: from solo.fdn.fr ([80.67.169.19]:52045 "EHLO solo.fdn.fr" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752449AbZAPTgH (ORCPT ); Fri, 16 Jan 2009 14:36:07 -0500 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20090115074044.GA1599@ucw.cz> Sender: linux-input-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-input@vger.kernel.org To: Pavel Machek Cc: Alan Cox , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, akpm@linux-foundation.org, dmitry.torokhov@gmail.com, linux-input@vger.kernel.org Pavel Machek, le Thu 15 Jan 2009 08:40:44 +0100, a =E9crit : > On Fri 2009-01-09 22:43:57, Samuel Thibault wrote: > > Alan Cox, le Fri 09 Jan 2009 21:35:55 +0000, a =E9crit : > > > Samuel Thibault wrote: > > > > Came somebody have a look at this? The need is real, the only = question > > > > that comes to my mind is whether notifiers are allowed to modif= y the > > > > param they are given. Since they are not marked const, I'd gue= ss it'd > > > > be ok? > > >=20 > > > The notifier code doesn't care. > >=20 > > I know, but I'm asking about current practice. > >=20 > > > > Make kbd_keycode() read param.value after calling the keyboard = notification > > > > chain, to let the callee change the translation on the fly. Thi= s for instance > > > > permits to remap the physical positions of the keys independent= ly of the > > > > configured keymap, for e.g. single-handed people. > > >=20 > > > Surely that is just a new keymap ? > >=20 > > No. That would mean a lot of keymapSSS. Doing it the keymap way > > would require to have us, us-revert-left, us-revert-right, en-uk, > > uk-revert-left, uk-revert-right, etc. I really don't like that appr= oach, > > thus the "independently of the configured keymap". >=20 > ...and that is ok if you autogenerate those keymaps, right? > Pavel I have already answered that, see http://marc.info/?l=3Dlinux-kernel&m=3D123153985127010&w=3D2 Samuel -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-input" = in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html