Re: Physical keyboard events

[Cecilio Pardo <cpardo@imayhem.com>]

On 29/10/2024 18:13, Alan Mackenzie wrote:

> I envisage these leading to trouble.
> 
> For example, my KVM box intercepts a sufficiently rapid double press on
> (either) Control key, and then expects a CR to switch computers, or ESC
> to cancel (and maybe there are other keys I don't know about).
> 
> I quite frequently start typing a command by pressing the Control key,
> then change my mind and let it go again.  I might sometimes hold that
> key while trying to decide what I want to do.  The same surely applies
> to Meta as well.

The way I hope to implement it, there will be no interference if you 
don't activate it. Many editors such as VSCode and the ones from 
JetBrains use this, and people appreciate it.

> To make this work on a tty would involve fancy work on the keyboard
> layout if it's even possible.  On a Linux console, it might even need
> enhancements to the kernel.
> 
> I'm not sure binding our shift keys to commands, or even prefixes, is a
> good idea.

I was planning for GUI systems alone.

Thanks.