Speakup in userspace

[Luke Yelavich]

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On Wed, Jun 20, 2007 at 07:59:52PM EST, Samuel Thibault wrote:
> 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.
> > 
> > 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.

Ok. Was unaware of this.

> > > 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.

I was referring to reading the console, which is what I think Tyler was 
referring to.
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