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Date:      Tue, 27 Mar 2012 20:29:45 -0600
From:      Chad Perrin <perrin@apotheon.com>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Vivaldi Tablet
Message-ID:  <20120328022945.GA15933@hemlock.hydra>
In-Reply-To: <20120328035403.f8daf4ef.freebsd@edvax.de>
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On Wed, Mar 28, 2012 at 03:54:03AM +0200, Polytropon wrote:
> On Tue, 27 Mar 2012 19:48:34 -0600, Chad Perrin wrote:
> > 
> > I was thinking of mentioning the Happy Hacking keyboard, but I see you
> > beat me to it.  I have not used one for more than a few minutes once,
> > though.  Does the Fn+<number> work with Ctrl+Alt+F<number> combination to
> > move around between TTY consoles?
> 
> As far as I remember, it does. I don't have a HHK here to check.
> >From what I know, the keyboard generates the proper codes
> internally, so Fn+<number> is equivalent to PF <number> in
> any regards, and therefore any combination with Ctrl and/or
> Alt should also work as expected. To the computer, it should
> be no difference from a "real" keyboard.

My concern in this regard would be whether the keyboard "knows" that the
Fn key is supposed to be applied to the F<num> key, and not to the Ctrl
or Alt key.  If neither the Ctrl or Alt key is modifiable by the Fn key,
I guess that might be a non-issue, but I'm pretty sure that (for
instance) the Fn key on a ThinkPad is meant to be used with only one
other key at a time.  It's just not meant to make up for the lack of
standard keyboard keys, so there isn't any conflict.

-- 
Chad Perrin [ original content licensed OWL: http://owl.apotheon.org ]



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