Re: [PATCH v4 1/2] Input: Add a Kconfig to emulate KEY_SCREENLOCK with META + L

[Pavel Machek <pavel@ucw.cz>]

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Hi!

> > > Sounds that should be fixed :-).
> > 
> > GNOME is commonly known to try to have a very simplistic UX instead of
> > exposing more knobs and buttons.
> > 
> > Adding support for multiple key combinations in a UX means convincing the
> > GNOME design team to support this, followed by actual changes.
> 
> So there is a simple and wrong way of fixing this (introducing a
> hardcoded combination for  shortcut du jour in the kernel) and
> complicated one of making one of poplar DEs behave better and be more
> flexible. We will not be adding the wrong one to the kernel.

Note that there's a way to fix that in GNOME without changing UI that
is still way nicer than kernel hacks:

KEY_SCREENLOCK always locks.

Whatever combination user selects in config dialog (META-L by default)
locks, too.

Best regards,
									Pavel
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