Subject: Re: Keymap import from OpenBSD
To: Martin Husemann <martin@duskware.de>
From: Rui Paulo <rpaulo@NetBSD.org>
List: tech-kern
Date: 07/01/2005 12:55:48
On 2005.07.01 11:30:29 +0000, Martin Husemann wrote:
> On Fri, Jul 01, 2005 at 01:45:03AM +0100, Rui Paulo wrote:
> > I'm trying to add more keymaps to NetBSD by importing them from OpenBSD.
> 
> I would like to rework the duplicate keymaps stuff - i.e. have only the
> kernel style keyboard maps (but those optional) and generate the userland ones
> from them (or vice versa, does not realy matter).

I'm thinking that having all the keymaps under /usr/share/wscons/ is a good
idea.

> We should also offer a tool (in pkgsrc) that helps people create such maps
> (like: press a not yet mapped key and it tells you the internal code, then
> select the symbol it should produce from a menu).

Yes, that'll be useful.

		-- Rui Paulo