[Angstrom-devel] Angstrom keyboard handling

[Da_Blitz]

Andrew Zabolotny wrote:
> Hello!
> 
> I have some comments and proposals on Angstrom keyboard handling.
> 
> First, I have improved the keymap for the Zaurus C3x00 series and I
> would like to hear any comments on it. The improved keymap is attached
> to this message. What have changed:
> 
> 1. Added Fn+1..0 as F1...F10. This gets propagated into X11 nicely and
> even Shift+Fn+# works as Shift+F#, as expected.
> 2. Fixed the Del key to actually work. The "Delete" keyword is actually
> a synonym of BackSpace so Del never worked here. The correct keyword is
> "Remove" which maps correctly to X_Delete in X11.
> 3. I found impossible to enter the ascii grave character (`) from
> keyboard, so I added Fn+q to enter the grave character.
> 4. Mapped Fn+p to Insert, as there's no Ins key on the keyboard in
> general. It's just below Del so it's more or less logic and handy.
> 5. I have mapped Home and End to Fn+Left and Fn+Right, just like Fn+Up
> maps to PgUp and Fn+Down maps to PgDown.
> 6. Changed the key between "Alt" and "-" (the one with two hieroglyphs
> separated by a slash) to map to "Do" key which is translated to
> XK_Execute in X11. There is little use for a second Control key, maybe
> we can find a use for a Execute key. In general, I have some ideas
> regarding this key, more about it later.

That comes in handy every now and again, i have been using '$(' instead of `

> Now some console-only improvements (these aren't picked up by X11):
> 
> 1. Moved console switching combinations from Ctrl+Alt+1..4 to
> Fn+Control+1..0, e.g. you can switch to one of 10 consoles now. The
> Ctrl+Alt+# combinations are handled internally by kernel for debug
> things in current kernel (SysRq).
> 2. Fn+Control+Left/Right will switch to previous/next console.
> Previously that was Fn+Left/Right which is Home/End now, besides I
> wanted to make all console-only hotkeys all stay on Fn+Control+...,
> this is somewhat easier to remember. Perhaps keylaunchrc will have to
> be modified to match this combination as well, however keylaunch
> doesn't work for me for some reason (?) although it's loaded, but none
> of the hotkeys do anything.
> 3. Added Fn+Control+Up to scroll text console up, Fn+Control+Dn
> to scroll text console down.
> 

i run the console image full time and made some improvements, i dont 
believe that most people would be happy with them but i mad the bottom 
quick keys switch between the virtual consoles. made my life easier and 
made fn+left/right switch between adjacent terminals

i mad a couple of other changes but one thing i always thought about 
(apart from what was already labeled on the keyboard) was "is it an 
obvious keyboard combo" and "can i do it without having to reposition my 
hands" as i find some key combos positively damaging to my thumbs