From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:39530) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Ux5vE-0000gI-7U for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Wed, 10 Jul 2013 21:43:53 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Ux5vD-0003Ls-0k for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Wed, 10 Jul 2013 21:43:52 -0400 Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v1084) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii From: Programmingkid In-Reply-To: <87zjtukna8.fsf@codemonkey.ws> Date: Wed, 10 Jul 2013 21:43:45 -0400 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: <8EB3B569-A070-4E38-BAF1-E90DFD51085D@gmail.com> References: <1373487438.8183.225@snotra> <87zjtukna8.fsf@codemonkey.ws> Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] [Qemu-ppc] Mac OS X on QEMU List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , To: Anthony Liguori Cc: Scott Wood , Stefan Hajnoczi , The OpenBIOS Mailinglist , "qemu-ppc@nongnu.org list:PowerPC" , qemu-devel qemu-devel On Jul 10, 2013, at 7:28 PM, Anthony Liguori wrote: > Programmingkid writes: >=20 >> On Jul 10, 2013, at 4:17 PM, Scott Wood wrote: >>=20 >>> Keyboards don't generally speak ASCII (or Unicode). They produce = keycodes, which are generally translated into some sort of event by the = host's input layer (e.g. the X server). It's up to the guest software = to translate those keycodes into either ASCII or Unicode (or whatever = else it wants). >>=20 >> Thanks for this info. The ascii system does work on a PC environment. >=20 > This thread is confusing presumably because people are mixing up = topics. >=20 > The Windows key is the same thing as the Command key. As Scott = already > mentioned, there is no physical difference between an Apple and PC > keyboard except for stickers on the keys. On a PC keyboard, the = sticker > is a Windows logo. On an Apple keyboard, it's the Command logo. >=20 > If the Windows key is not injecting a Command key, it's a bug. This > should work just fine with the GTK UI. I have no idea about Cocoa if > that's what you're using. >=20 > ASCII has nothing to do with keyboards. It's a character encoding. >=20 > Regards, >=20 > Anthony Liguori Thank you very much for the insight. Yes, I am using the --enable-cocoa = option. It does not send the guest OS the command key. It needs a lot of = work.=20