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Re: Powerbook5,6 longer list of what does not work...



On Thu, Mar 10, 2005 at 10:58:50AM -0500, Michel Dänzer wrote:
> On Thu, 2005-03-10 at 10:17 +0100, Gabriel Paubert wrote:
> > 
> > Wouldn't it be better to treat the Fn key like an additional modifier
> > for "cramped" (i.e., notebook) keyboards, even on ADB? 
> 
> Don't ADB keyboards handle it entirely in hardware?

No. Look at drivers/macintosh/adbhid.c: 
- it is ADB keycode 0x3f. 
- The kernel keeps its state and uses it, among other 
things, to modify the keycode of the Delete key.

In the MacOS keyboard application it follows immediately
your keypresses (unlike the hardware NumLock AFAIR).

	Gabriel



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