On Wed, 16 Oct 1996, John P. Wittkoski wrote:

> Adding support for things like this, as well as more mouse support,
> it something I hope to do soon.

Well, good. :-)

> The questions are:
> 1. What changes will have to be made to the X server or dt if the
>    left and right shift/control/etc keys send different keycodes.

I'd be inclined to say we should invent an interface, and then use it to
switch the keyboard when necessary.  The changes to X are trivial (and, if
I'm not mistaken, already there); the changes to dt should be likewise
pretty simple.

> 2. If the kernel detects an extended keyboard, should turning on
>    these additional keycodes be the default behavior?

I'd say "no."

--scott