[Sugar-devel] Keyboard Function-Special Buttons

[James Cameron]

On Sat, Feb 27, 2010 at 03:46:55PM +0100, Tomeu Vizoso wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 24, 2010 at 00:17, James Cameron <quozl at laptop.org> wrote:
> > On Tue, Feb 23, 2010 at 01:35:34PM -0500, John Tierney wrote:
> >> Is it possible to take these functions from F1, F2, F3 and map
> >> these to special separate buttons?
> >
> > Yes. ?sugar.git/src/jarabe/view/keyhandler.py connects "F1" to zoom_mesh
> > for example. ?It could easily be changed to some other standard key.
> > Changing to a non-standard key that only exists on one keyboard model on
> > the planet is difficult but not impossible.
> >
> >> If possible: How hard of a task technically?
> >
> > It might be better from an architecture perspective to use a
> > standard keyboard mapping and change the key legends and physical
> > positions.
> 
> Also, have you considered creating keyboard stickers with special keys?

No, I hadn't considered that.

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James Cameron
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