From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:43413) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UwbmZ-0000yQ-HW for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Tue, 09 Jul 2013 13:32:58 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UwbmW-0006sv-Cb for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Tue, 09 Jul 2013 13:32:55 -0400 Received: from co9ehsobe003.messaging.microsoft.com ([207.46.163.26]:46306 helo=co9outboundpool.messaging.microsoft.com) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UwbmW-0006sc-4w for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Tue, 09 Jul 2013 13:32:52 -0400 Date: Tue, 9 Jul 2013 12:32:35 -0500 From: Scott Wood In-Reply-To: (from programmingkidx@gmail.com on Thu Jul 4 09:58:04 2013) Message-ID: <1373391155.8183.196@snotra> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; delsp=Yes; format=Flowed Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] [Qemu-ppc] Mac OS X on QEMU List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , To: Programmingkid Cc: Stefan Hajnoczi , The OpenBIOS Mailinglist , "qemu-ppc@nongnu.org list:PowerPC" , qemu-devel qemu-devel On 07/04/2013 09:58:04 AM, Programmingkid wrote: >=20 > On Jul 4, 2013, at 10:51 AM, Stefan Hajnoczi wrote: >=20 > > On Thu, Jul 4, 2013 at 4:45 PM, Alexander Graf =20 > wrote: > >> > >> On 04.07.2013, at 16:40, Programmingkid wrote: > >> > >>> We have made a lot of progress in the last month with making Mac =20 > OS X run in QEMU. A lot of people are to thank for this milestone. To =20 > everyone involved, thank you. > >>> > >>> There is one thing that we have to figure out. That is the =20 > command key issue. This key is a very important on the Macintosh. It =20 > is used to send keyboard shortcuts to applications. > >>> > >>> What I propose is adding a menu item to QEMU's menu called "Map =20 > Command key to ALT". This would allow a user to be able to send =20 > Macintosh applications command key shortcuts from both a PC and Mac =20 > keyboard. > >>> > >>> I welcome any and all ideas to solve this problem. > >> > >> This is the wrong mailing list for this. Your proposal would touch =20 > non-PPC code in QEMU, so this needs to go to qemu-devel. > >> > >> Keep in mind that the same thing arises with x86 Mac OS X running =20 > in QEMU. > > > > When I VNC into a Mac I find that the "Windows key" becomes the > > Command key. And the same probably happens when you plug a =20 > non-Apple > > USB keyboard into a Mac. >=20 > I was thinking about the Windows key. It would be the perfect =20 > substitute - if it was available on all keyboards. >=20 > > > > If you are using a keyboard with a "Windows key" then that would be > > the most natural option. If you don't have that key then you really > > need to map something else... > > > > Stefan >=20 > Maybe there should be two menu items: > "Map command key to ALT" and "Map command key to Windows key". >=20 > They would be mutually exclusive of course. Isn't the Windows key already the same thing as the Command key, in =20 terms of the actual keycode generated? And you'd still want to have an =20 actual ALT key available... The option should just be whether to swap =20 the Command/Windows and ALT keys for better ergonomics. -Scott=