From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Tue, 26 Mar 2002 17:07:23 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Tue, 26 Mar 2002 17:07:13 -0500 Received: from hera.cwi.nl ([192.16.191.8]:10438 "EHLO hera.cwi.nl") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Tue, 26 Mar 2002 17:06:54 -0500 From: Andries.Brouwer@cwi.nl Date: Tue, 26 Mar 2002 22:06:51 GMT Message-Id: To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, wart@softhome.net Subject: Re: Separate keymaps for separate vt's? Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org A couple of non-English users has asked me if there is an ability to have different keymaps for different vt's in kernel. It seems like kernel keeps just one translation table for all vt's. I would be interested in patching console driver to keep separate tables for separate vt's (that would allow me to include an ability to load different keymaps in next release of Linux Console Tools). Perhaps there are some ideas you can give me, or, perhaps, name a current console driver maintainer for me to discuss this idea? Usually, such things can be done without any kernel changes. It is easy to set things up in such a way that a single keystroke changes keymap. People wishing to switch between English and Cyrillic / Arabic / Greek / ... usually bind the "switch" action to some key like AltR or Pause or so. For example, look at cz.map or ua.map (from kbd-1.06). Andries