Followup to: <E13COpr-0001C5-00@the-village.bc.nu>
By author: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
In newsgroup: linux.dev.kernel
>
> > > We were just reminded that there is also traffic in the opposite
> > > direction: keys must be enabled, and LEDs set.
> >
> > Most window managers seem perfectly capable intercepting keystrokes
> > anywhere they happen. This seems to me to be the right place of
> > addressing this.
>
> Only works in X windows. Next suggestion
>
So do all the features people want to use these keyboards for. This
is very much a desktop-console feature and people are going to be
running X on such a system. If we have to re-implement X at the
console, we are doing ourselves a major disservice. Additionally, if
you really need a super-advanced console, do it in user space. As
someone on the linux-utf8 list said, "I wish someone had a long time
ago said `no further' with the in-kernel console..."
-hpa
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