Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v3 3/5] adb.c: correct several key assignments

[Programmingkid <programmingkidx@gmail.com>]

On May 16, 2016, at 4:48 PM, Peter Maydell wrote:

> On 16 May 2016 at 21:42, Programmingkid <programmingkidx@gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>> On May 16, 2016, at 2:04 PM, Peter Maydell wrote:
>> 
>>> On 6 May 2016 at 03:37, Programmingkid <programmingkidx@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>     /* ADB_KEY_RIGHT_COMMAND works as right super in Linux */
>>>>     /* Use ADB_KEY_LEFT_COMMAND for Mac OS compatibility */
>>>> -    [Q_KEY_CODE_META_R]        = 0x7e,
>>>> +    [Q_KEY_CODE_META_R]        = ADB_KEY_LEFT_COMMAND,
>>> 
>>> This looks weird. Given that the Apple Extended Keyboard
>>> hardware documentation just says that both left and right
>>> Command keys return 0x37, we should probably just call
>>> the #define ADB_KEY_COMMAND. (That in turn means that the
>>> comments are unnecessary and you can just delete them
>>> from the patch you put them in.)
>> 
>> I liked the idea of giving someone who might need to tell the
>> difference between left and right command keys a way to
>> accomplish their goal.
> 
> We're emulating a real bit of hardware here (ie the Apple
> Extended Keyboard). If that hardware does not have distinct
> left and right command keys then that's what we have to emulate.

I think the Apple Extended keyboard could tell the difference between
left and right command keys, but Apple just decided not to document
this feature. I know the USB keyboards can see the difference and
Apple did not document that feature. In the end I suppose it is just
easier to have just an ADB_KEY_COMMAND constant.