Re: switching to linux keycodes in woody
On Thu, 7 Jun 2001, Michel D?nzer wrote:
> Ethan Benson wrote:
> > I am wondering if there is any reason we should not switch woody to
> > use linux keycodes by default and finally abandon the adb keycodes?
> >
> > AFAICT all that needs to be changed is dbootstrap to use i386 keymaps
> > on macs, the kernel-images to turn off CONFIG_MAC_ADBKEYCODES, and
> > console-* to choose i386 maps on macs instead of mac keymaps. the
> > default X11 configuration would need to be changed probably as well.
>
> Nope, it sets Option "XkbModel" "pc104" by default already.
>
> I am all for this - APUS not having Linux keycodes yet is not an issue, it
> will keep Amiga keycodes, right?
I don't know. Should APUS start using Linux keycodes too?
I hope it's not the same as using PC/AT keycodes for everything, since we tried
that on m68k ages ago and it didn't work out at all, so we reverted and sent
the PC/AT keycodes with an old Sojuz into the Sun :-)
Gr{oetje,eeting}s,
Geert
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