Re: Keyboard delay and repeat rate

From: Guest section DW (dwguest@win.tue.nl)
Date: Thu Apr 06 2000 - 14:27:38 EST


On Thu, Apr 06, 2000 at 01:07:10PM +0200, Vojtech Pavlik wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 06, 2000 at 12:25:27PM +0200, Guest section DW wrote:
>
> > Scancode mode 3 is totally unusable since
> > (i) most keys do not generate a break code, not even right Ctrl and Alt,
> > so it is impossible to make key combinations like AltGr-x.
>
> Simply not true. Most likely your i8042 is still switched into AT->XT
> translating mode and is mangling the Set 3 into unusable garbage. You
> can see the elegance of Set 3 only after you switch it to direct mode.

You are mistaken. Please check your facts before replying.

[I gave the facts in
        http://www.win.tue.nl/~aeb/linux/kbd/scancodes-3.html#ss3.2
In case anything there is wrong, please give detailed corrections.
My statements are true for the keyboards I have here.]

Andries

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