Re: Modifier keys in X...

Making them modifier keys does not disable their other uses one bit.

Please go ahead and write the apps to use the buttons however you want:
all modifiers do is give you extra bits about the buttons that are down
when a key does down (or a synthesized keyboard event from xscribble).
                                        - Jim

> From: Michael Coyne <coynem@airwire.com>
> Date: Fri, 08 Sep 2000 08:31:19 -0500
> To: handhelds@handhelds.org, jg@pa.dec.com
> Subject: Re: [Handhelds] Modifier keys in X...
> -----
> Jim Gettys wrote:
> >
> > Comments? (The server bits implementing this will be in our next release:
> > if people want a server in the meanwhile, I can put it up for FTP).
>
> To my mind, having modifier keys is A Good Thing(tm). However, I don't
> know if using PDA buttons for modifier keys is the best way to use
> them. I'd rather have them handle other things like power, contrast,
> backlight, dedicated program launch, etc. has anyone explored the
> possibility of adding a few widgets to xscribble, say on the line where
> the last decoded character is displayed? There's a fair bit of room
> there... some Shift, Alt and Ctrl and maybe even Meta modifiers might
> fit in there. You tap them, then draw your character...
>
> Just my $0.02 worth.
>
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