Re: [MiNT] Ctrl-Alt-Del (Shutdown)

["Konrad M. Kokoszkiewicz" <draco@obta.uw.edu.pl>]

> > For applications as in "GEM applications" or "user mode tty programs"?
> >
> > For the first, evnt_keybd() (or evnt_multi(), respectively) provides
> > both the scan- and the ascii-code. For the latter, Cconin() provides the
> > ascii-code in bits 0-7 and the scancode in bits 16-23.
> >
> > Or did you intent something different than just getting the scancode
> > alongside with the ascii-code when reading from the keyboard?
> 
> I think Draco mean getting an keyboard event too only if shift/ctrl is
> pressed/released.

Indeed. When shift alone is held down, neither evnt_multi() nor
Cconin() returns. Since raw scancodes are now processed by MiNT, it is a
good occasion to implement something like this at kernel level. Perhaps in
a form of a device?

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Konrad M.Kokoszkiewicz
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