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Re: using the zoom slider on Microsoft keyboard



On Tue, Dec 08, 2009 at 05:07:15PM +0100, Richard KLINDA wrote:
> The Microsoft Natural Ergonomic Keyboard 4000 has a zoom slide at the
> center of the keyboard.  Here is a picture:
> http://pcworld.hu/apix/0707/natural.jpg Unfortunately the program "xev"
> doesn't report this button upon pressing it, so it is unusuable under X.
> 
> But there is a trivial patch floating around, that makes this button
> (actually, it is two buttons, up and down) usable:
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/264287 (a search
> for the word KEY_ZOOMIN will get you to the actual patch on the page).
> 
> Would it be possible, to incorporate this patch into Debian's official
> kernel?

If that workaround gets accepted upstream, then we can likely backport
it.

See:
  http://wiki.debian.org/DebianKernelPatchAcceptanceGuidelines

But it sounds like the real issue here maybe with X?

-- 
dann frazier


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