keyboard handling (was Re: OLPC where to go development advice.)

[pgf at laptop.org]

s wrote:
 > Summary: I updated
 > <http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Enabling_XO_features_on_other_distributions>
 > <http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Keyboard_shortcuts>
 > and several other pages, but mysteries remain.
 > 
 > pgf at laptop.org usefully responded:
 > 
 > >> I have zero clue where to find the keymapping 
 > >> file or configuration utility.
 > > 
 > > i just booted ubuntu to see how they do it -- turns out it's easy.
 > > they use a program called "xbindkeys" to bind all of the "special" XO
 > > keys.  the configuration for that is in /home/olpc/.xbindkeysrc -- you'll
 > > see an entry in there that invokes /usr/bin/rotate_screen.py.
 > 
 > I added this to 
 > <http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Enabling_XO_features_on_other_distributions> 
 > Folks, this is the page where distros note their tweaks for the benefit 
 > of humanity.
 > 
 > I think Sugar doesn't use that technique.  ...

but i've been wondering if perhaps it should.

given that sugar is now multi-platform, does it make sense for
sugar itself to be managing the special XO keyboard keys?  seems like
pulling that support out would let it be reused by non-sugar
distros more readily.

what happens when you press F9 through F12 when running SoaS?
(i think those are the volume and brightness keys on the XO.)

paul
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 paul fox, pgf at laptop.org