linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] hid/apple: add module parameter to swap the Command and Option keys

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Message-ID: <87vdqn8ab2.fsf@burly.wgtn.ondioline.org>
Date:	Fri, 06 Mar 2009 18:55:29 +1300
From:	Paul Collins <paul@...ly.ondioline.org>
To:	Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@...cle.com>
Cc:	Jiri Kosina <jkosina@...e.cz>, linux-input@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] hid/apple: add module parameter to swap the Command and Option keys

Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@...cle.com> writes:

> Paul Collins wrote:
>> Apple keyboards have the Command keys (a.k.a. the Apple or "waffle" key)
>> in the positions normally occupied on PC keyboards by the Alt/AltGr keys,
>> and the Option or Alt keys in the position occupied by the so-called
>> Windows keys.  Folks who have been using PC-type computers for too long
>> generally have insurmountable muscle memory in this regard.
>> 
>> This patch adds a module parameter, defaulting to off, that swaps these keys.
>
> Where do you suggest that this option be documented?

Existing practice is to not document hid-apple options

        [burly(linux-2.6)] grep -r fnmode Documentation/ | wc -l
        0

so I'm open to suggestions.

-- 
Paul Collins
Wellington, New Zealand

Dag vijandelijk luchtschip de huismeester is dood
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