slackware-current/source/a/kbd/sources/kbd-1.15-keycodes-man.patch
Patrick J Volkerding 5a12e7c134 Slackware 13.0
Wed Aug 26 10:00:38 CDT 2009
Slackware 13.0 x86_64 is released as stable!  Thanks to everyone who
helped make this release possible -- see the RELEASE_NOTES for the
credits.  The ISOs are off to the replicator.  This time it will be a
6 CD-ROM 32-bit set and a dual-sided 32-bit/64-bit x86/x86_64 DVD.
We're taking pre-orders now at store.slackware.com.  Please consider
picking up a copy to help support the project.  Once again, thanks to
the entire Slackware community for all the help testing and fixing
things and offering suggestions during this development cycle.
As always, have fun and enjoy!  -P.
2018-05-31 22:41:17 +02:00

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diff -up kbd-1.15/man/man1/showkey.1_old kbd-1.15/man/man1/showkey.1
--- kbd-1.15/man/man1/showkey.1_old 2008-03-13 17:46:23.000000000 +0100
+++ kbd-1.15/man/man1/showkey.1 2008-12-10 12:31:38.000000000 +0100
@@ -80,6 +80,19 @@ corresponds to what the keyboard hardwar
to know the scan codes sent by various keys it is better to boot a
2.4 kernel. Since 2.6.9 there also is the boot option atkbd.softraw=0
that tells the 2.6 kernel to return the actual scan codes.
+
+.SH NOTES
+The raw scan codes are available only on AT and PS/2 keyboards,
+and even then they are disabled unless the
+.B atkbd.softraw=0
+kernel parameter is used.
+When the raw scan codes are not available, the kernel uses a fixed built-in
+table to produce scan codes from keycodes. Thus,
+.BR setkeycodes (8)
+can affect the output of
+.B showkey
+in scan code dump mode.
+
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.BR loadkeys (1),
.BR dumpkeys (1),
diff -up kbd-1.15/man/man8/setkeycodes.8_old kbd-1.15/man/man8/setkeycodes.8
--- kbd-1.15/man/man8/setkeycodes.8_old 2008-12-10 12:31:56.000000000 +0100
+++ kbd-1.15/man/man8/setkeycodes.8 2008-12-10 12:37:36.000000000 +0100
@@ -41,6 +41,10 @@ to showkey(1), the command
will assign the keycode 112 to it, and then loadkeys(1) can be used
to define the function of this key.
+USB keyboards have standardized keycodes and
+.B setkeycodes
+doesn't affect them at all.
+
.SH "2.6 KERNELS"
In 2.6 kernels key codes lie in the range 1-255, instead of 1-127.
(It might be best to confine oneself to the range 1-239.)
@@ -54,6 +58,14 @@ None.
.SH BUGS
The keycodes of X have nothing to do with those of Linux.
Unusual keys can be made visible under Linux, but not under X.
+
+.B setkeycodes
+affects only the "first" input device
+that has modifiable scancode-to-keycode mapping.
+If there is more than one such device,
+.B setkeycodes
+cannot change the mapping of other devices than the "first" one.
+
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.I "dumpkeys (1), loadkeys (1), showkey (1), getkeycodes (8)"