Thanks James for the tests!<br>Anybody knows where is the definition of the keyboard to enable the use of Fn + slider keys?<br><br>Gonzalo<br><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Jul 2, 2010 at 2:48 AM, James Cameron <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:quozl@laptop.org">quozl@laptop.org</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">G'day,<br>
<br>
That's a good question, I confirm your observations, and I agree that it<br>
will be something between the keyboard and the kernel if you want fn to<br>
work.<br>
<br>
I've tested just now, with os205 on XO-1.5.<br>
<br>
The slider keys individually provide Pygame key events for key down and<br>
key up.<br>
<br>
Pressing slider key 1 and 4 at the same time results in four events; two<br>
for each key. This is expected.<br>
<br>
Pressing any combination of a slider key and the immediately adjacent<br>
slider key generates only two events for one key. This is odd.<br>
<br>
There is an area between key 1 and key 2 where you can press down with<br>
normal force and no events are generated.<br>
<br>
Also, pressing fn with any slider key gives no event at all. For<br>
Pygame.<br>
<br>
Also, in text console, running "showkey" shows events for slider keys,<br>
but no events for fn key. Slider key events stop if fn is pressed.<br>
<br>
So I guess that it isn't possible to capture events in the way Walter<br>
suggested.<br>
<br>
This is also verified using "test /keyboard" at the ok prompt. fn works<br>
fine, but repeated presses on the slider at various points shows the<br>
isolation behaviour; you can't press two at once easily. If you press<br>
very hard, you can get two at once.<br>
<br>
Placing an XO-1 C2 on scales, it takes 75g of downward pressure to<br>
activate single slider keys, and 850g to 1.3kg of downward pressure to<br>
activate two slider keys at once. This is an adult smallest finger.<br>
<br>
I don't think pressing two keys with one finger is practical.<br>
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James Cameron<br>
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</font></blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>Gonzalo Odiard<br>Responsable de Desarrollo<br>Sistemas Australes<br><br>