From owner-freebsd-bugs Thu Jul 1 20:30: 5 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.FreeBSD.ORG [204.216.27.21]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B5DAA14F28 for ; Thu, 1 Jul 1999 20:30:03 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.9.3/8.9.2) id UAA27735; Thu, 1 Jul 1999 20:30:02 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Date: Thu, 1 Jul 1999 20:30:02 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <199907020330.UAA27735@freefall.freebsd.org> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Cc: From: Kazutaka YOKOTA Subject: Re: kern/12475: ctrl,shift,alt keys can be used as alock w/o other functionality loss Reply-To: Kazutaka YOKOTA Sender: owner-freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org The following reply was made to PR kern/12475; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Kazutaka YOKOTA To: gritsaj@nusun.jinr.ru Cc: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org, ache@freebsd.org, yokota@zodiac.mech.utsunomiya-u.ac.jp Subject: Re: kern/12475: ctrl,shift,alt keys can be used as alock w/o other functionality loss Date: Fri, 02 Jul 1999 12:28:21 +0900 >>Number: 12475 >>Category: kern >>Synopsis: ctrl,shift,alt keys can be used as alock w/o other functional >ity loss [...] >>Description: > > 'lctrl', 'rctrl', 'lshift', 'rshift', 'lalt', 'ralt' keys can be used > as 'alock' key simultaneously with their "shift" purposes. 'alock' will > be toggled at such key releasing, if between pressing and releasing > one was not any keyboard actions (include the key autorepeat). In > all other cases these keys preserve their usual functionality. > For distinguish such keys from ones with old behaviour new keymap > names 'lctrla', 'rctrla', 'lshifta', 'rshifta', 'lalta', 'ralta' are > introduced. Also examples of russian keymaps (as patches for current > ones), which use 'rctrla', are included. The following files Do you mean that you want to have the AltLock functionality on your keyboard but do not want to dedicate a key to `alock'? Is it common in the Russian keyboard (or in any other keyboards) that AltLock is implemented this way? Or, is it just your preferred way? I will have a look at your patch. I might make minor modification to your patch as I don't like a static variable in kbd.c... Kazu To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message