Re: [PATCH 1/3] usbhid: Driver for microsoft natural ergonomic keyboard4000

[liyu]

Pavel Machek Wrote:
> Hi!
>
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>>     This new version get some improvements:
>>
>>     2. Support left paren key "(", right paren key ")", equal key "=" on
>> right-top keypad. In fact, this keyboard generate KEYPAD_XXX usage code
>> for them, but I find many applications can not handle them on default
>> configuration, especially X.org. To get the most best usability, I use a
>> bit magic here: map them to "Shift+9" and "Shift+0".
>>     
>
> That is hardly 'improvement'. 'X is broken, so lets break input, too'.
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Well, however, this can work truly. If we do not hack as this way.
Many applications can not get its input. I think the usability for
most people should be first, but not follow rules.

I think we can add one module parameter like "shift_hack" to switch it ?!


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