Re: [Qemu-devel] Adding more function keys support

[Daniel P. Berrange]

On Tue, Dec 12, 2017 at 12:49:34PM -0500, Programmingkid wrote:
> 
> > On Dec 12, 2017, at 9:34 AM, Daniel P. Berrange <address@hidden> wrote:
> > 
> > On Sun, Dec 10, 2017 at 02:10:41AM -0500, Programmingkid wrote:
> >> On Macintosh keyboards there is a key called fn that is used to give the
> >> function keys more functionality. Does this key exist in the keyboard keys
> >> database?
> > 
> > When you say "Macintosh keyboards" are you talking about the old style
> > keyboards with Apple's custom ADB connector, or simply Apple branded
> > USB keyboards ? 
> 
> USB keyboards.
> 
> > 
> > If its the latter (USB), then please plug it into a Linux machine, and
> > in a text console (ie not X11) run 'showkey' and press this 'fn' key on
> > its own and tell me what (if any) hex code gets printed.
> 
> There was no response to the fn key.

Doh, I made a mistake - you need to run   'showkey -s'  to get raw scancodes.
Can you try this again, pressing 'fn' on its own, and also press 'fn' in
combination with some function keys.


> >> Also could keys F16 to F24 (Q_KEY_CODE_F16 to Q_KEY_CODE_F24) be added to
> >> the database?
> > 
> > Those are already defined in keycodemapdb, so we just need to give them
> > names in the qapi schema, and then add the name mapping to keycodemapdb.
> 
> I have a vague memory of doing something like this a long time ago.
> Hopefully I can find the path if it exists.

In qapi/ui.json you need to edit the enum 'QKeyCode' to define the
extra keys.

Regards,
Daniel
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