Speakup in userspace

[Samuel Thibault]

Luke Yelavich, le Wed 20 Jun 2007 19:56:22 +1000, a écrit :
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> On Wed, Jun 20, 2007 at 06:33:54PM EST, Tyler Spivey wrote:
> > 1. How can a userspace program get extended key sequences such as caps
> > lock+i? Under Linux, I don't think that an API exists for this.
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> THis is possible, using the uinput module from the kernel.

And it is tedious: you have to grab the keyboard, and re-simulate
keypresses you don't interpret.

> > 2. What about console output? There is /dev/vcs[a]x, but polling that
> > a few times a second would be inefficient if the system was under load.
> 
> BrlTTY uses this,

For simulating keypresses, yes, but not for stealing key combinations.

Samuel