On Thu 20-04-06 21:08:48, Alexey Starikovskiy wrote:
> Martin Mares wrote:
> >Hello!
> >
> >>Generic application does not need to know if power,
> >>sleep, or lid button is pressed, so you will need to
> >>intercept them from input stream... I cannot find any
> >>reason to mix these buttons into input, do you?
> >
> >Neither does a generic application need to know if the
> >NumLock key is just
> >pressed. This doesn't mean anything.
> >
> >I don't see any reason for treating some keys or buttons
> >differently.
> >A key is just a key.
> There is one special key anyway -- reset...
Your point is? There's also hardware power button on many machines.
They are not controllable by software => they are not relevant to this
discussion.
Pavel
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Thanks, Sharp!
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