linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] kbd: (#7063) make CapsLock work as expected even for non-ASCII

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Date:	Mon, 16 Nov 2009 14:40:03 +0000
From:	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
To:	Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@...il.com>
Cc:	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	hpa@...or.com, mgarski@...t.pl
Subject: Re: [PATCH] kbd: (#7063) make CapsLock work as expected even for
 non-ASCII

On Mon, 16 Nov 2009 16:51:15 +0300
Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@...il.com> wrote:

> Steps to reproduce:
> 
> 	[log into console (not xterm)]
> 	[load non-trivial keymap]
> 	[turn on CapsLock]
> 	[type something]
> 
> Symbols won't be capital despite CapsLock and despite Shift+* working
> as expected.
> 
> Note: patch relies on keymap being consistent wrt SMALL/CAPITAL symbols.
> Though extracting SMALL <=> CAPITAL mapping from unicode tables and
> putting it into kernel may be more correct.
> 
> Fix long-standing http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=7063
> 
> Signed-off-by: Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@...il.com>

Acked-by: Alan Cox <alan@...ux.intel.com>

The assumptions seem reasonable and if not we'll find out. Either way its
going to be an improvement.
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