[BRLTTY] Filter keyboard keypresses on Linux

Samuel Thibault samuel.thibault at ens-lyon.org
Sat Dec 15 16:33:33 EST 2007


Mario Lang, le Sat 15 Dec 2007 22:29:27 +0100, a écrit :
> Dave Mielke <dave at mielke.cc> writes:
> 
> > If we want most of the code to be common within the core then we probably need 
> > a scheme for portabilizing key representations. Does one already exist or do we 
> > need to invent it?
> 
> AIUI, what linux currently uses is derived from the HID
> standard (Human Interface Devices).

Mmm, what do you mean by "what linux uses"? Internally, Linux uses
keycodes, which are derived from AT2 scancodes. For USB, it uses the
usb_kbd_keycode[] array for translating from HID to keycodes.

Samuel


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