[BRLTTY] Filter keyboard keypresses on Linux

Dave Mielke dave at mielke.cc
Sat Dec 15 17:39:04 EST 2007


[quoted lines by Mario Lang on 2007/12/15 at 22:29 +0100]

>AIUI, what linux currently uses is derived from the HID
>standard (Human Interface Devices).  So a USB HID device
>can actually tell the kernel which keys it has.  I guess HID is
>supported on other platforms as well.

Do you know if the Linux constants are exactly what the HID constants are?

Do you know if the HID constants are defined in some official place?

Are there any arguments to help us decide if HID or AT is the better standard 
to go with?

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