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loadkeys -u: Switch to Unicode mode, if necessary

PATCH Applied Michael Schutte 2 participants 2 messages Nov 15, 2009 – Nov 19, 2009

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PATCH 1/1 loadkeys -u: Switch to Unicode mode, if necessary

Make defkeys() KDSKBMODE to K_UNICODE before it starts to do KDSKBENT ioctls. Switch back to the preceding keyboard mode after defining keys.

This change is introduced for compatibility reasons, see
<http://bugs.gentoo.org/289265>. As a minor difference, the warning message telling users to run “kbd_mode -u” is printed whenever “loadkeys -u” is used, not only when actual Unicode keysyms are loaded.

Signed-off-by Michael Schutte <[email protected]>
---
 man/man1/loadkeys.1.in |   16 ++++++++++++-
 src/loadkeys.y         |   54 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----------
 2 files changed, 55 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
man/man1/loadkeys.1.in +14 -2
index 7e168e4..e39eb76 100644
@@ -160,9 +160,21 @@ The
 .I -u
 (or
 .IR --unicode )
-switch tells
+switch forces
 .B loadkeys
-to bypass the check and assume that the console is in Unicode mode.
+to convert all keymaps to Unicode.  If the keyboard is in a
+non-Unicode mode, such as XLATE,
+.B loadkeys
+will change it to Unicode for the time of its execution.  A
+warning message will be printed in this case.
+.LP
+It is recommended to run
+.BR kbd_mode (1)
+before
+.B loadkeys
+instead of using the
+.I -u
+option.
 .SH "OTHER OPTIONS"
 .TP
 .B \-h \-\-help
src/loadkeys.y +41 -13

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Make defkeys() KDSKBMODE to K_UNICODE before it starts to do KDSKBENT ioctls. Switch back to the preceding keyboard mode after defining keys.

This change is introduced for compatibility reasons, see
<http://bugs.gentoo.org/289265>. As a minor difference, the warning message telling users to run “kbd_mode -u” is printed whenever “loadkeys -u” is used, not only when actual Unicode keysyms are loaded.

Applied, thanks!

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