"Jason M. Felice" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> 1) the default mapping will probably have to make decisions based on what keys
> the terminal actually has. For example, mapping Reset to Left Ctrl will
> have no effect for the curses terminal, since that terminal type can't
> detect either Left vs. Right Ctrl or Ctrl without another key being pressed.
> Maybe we can handle this by having the terminal driver install the default
> map (?)
I think some kind of hierarchical/combining approach would work. Most
keyboards would support almost everything, which would be in the
default keymap, then there's a small change for keyboards that can't
detect Control, for keyboards that don't support a separate Field+
key, and then the user's customisations on top of that.
The same thing could apply to the display - some displays don't
support underlining, they're either colour or black-and white, some
only have 24 rows, some will fit 132x27, some can be resized to that,
some support a mouse, etc.
> 3) The biggie: We either have to maintain or steal a list of every key on
> keyboard ever likely to be used. I'm thinking more along the lines of
> steal, as X Windows has a rather compleete map. We can copy that header
> file into the tn5250 distributiion, license permitting.
The only sticky bit might be:
} Except as contained in this notice, the name of The Open Group shall
} not be used in advertising or otherwise to promote the sale, use or
} other dealings in this Software without prior written authorization
} from The Open Group.
which could contravene section 6 of the GPL by imposing additional
restrictions on the distributor. This might fall under section 0 of
the GPL, though:
} Activities other than copying, distribution and modification are not
} covered by this License; they are outside its scope.
In practice, I haven't seen anyone that worried about combining GPL
and X11 licensed software.
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