Re: [rfc] keytables - the new keycode->keysym mapping

Vojtech Pavlik
2005-02-09T16:53:58Z

On Wed, Feb 09, 2005 at 05:38:56PM +0100, Andries Brouwer wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 09, 2005 at 05:03:45PM +0100, Vojtech Pavlik wrote:
>
> > > It seems very unlikely that you cannot handle Czech with all
> > > combinations of 8 keys pressed, and need 9.
> >
> > A czech keyboard has the letters 'escrzyaie' with accents on the number
> > row of keys. With a Shift, they are supposed to produce the original
> > numbers, but with a CapsLock, they're supposed to produce the uppercase.
> > With a right alt or one of three czech dead keys they should produce
> > the !@#$%^&*() symbols.
> >
> > It's kind of logical, kind of stupid, but anyway it's the national standard.
> >
> > You can't do that currently. The main problem is that CapsLock is
> > hardcoded to work as a Shift on keys and you can't make it work
> > differently for normal letter keys and for the upper row of keys.
>
> I think the fallacy in that reasoning is the idea that the key
> labeled CapsLock has to be bound to the kernel function named capslock.

How do you make it control the CapsLock LED then?

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Vojtech Pavlik