Re: [Qemu-devel] Qemu (linux) and keymaps

[Jim C. Brown]

On Tue, May 30, 2006 at 04:37:50PM -0500, Harrison Metzger wrote:
> My bug is when I try to toggle fullscreen with the ctrl+alt+f shortcut 
> nothing 
> happens. So I tried ctrl+alt+u (because on dvorak u is where the f is) and it 
> worked. So it appears as if qemu is using raw scancodes instead or keys.

Yes, qemu uses X keycodes instead of X keysyms.

> I 
> looked at the man page (after googling a bit) and it says I should not have 
> to use the language (-k) option since I have PC linux. But even if I did 
> there is no dvorak keymap available.

This isn't entirely true - some users of PC linux will need to use a keymap
file.

Generally this is whenever you need to redefine the meaning of a keycode (as
the dvorak keyboard layout does).

> This bug is minor because it took 15 
> seconds to figure out to hit ctrl+alt+u and because there are not that many 
> users of the dvorak keyboard. But it would be nice to have a dvorak keymap 
> just for the sake of completion on your wonderful project.

Should be easy enough for someone (such as yourself) to make one.

qemu's keymap layout is quite simple and you can figure out the mapping
between keys and keycodes via xev or xmodmap.

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