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From: kjb@cs.vu.nl (Kees J Bot)
Subject: Re: changing NR_SCAN_CODES
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Date: Mon, 8 Jan 1996 15:58:20 GMT
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ncfee@westminster.ac.uk (Chris Ebenezer) writes:

>rrobins@waun.tdsnet.com wrote:

>: So, if we want to handle all keys in Japanese keyboard,
>: we need more large value of NR_SCAN_CODES. We need at least
>: 0x7E.

>Presumably you could recompile your own kernel with these changes implemented
>seeing as the kernel source is available ? Especially as you then wouldn't
>have to count on someone else's understanding of what the problem actually
>is ?

If you can get your changes incorporated into the next official version
then you don't have to reapply them each time a new version comes out.

This weekend I have included the changes to support the Japanese
keyboard in what is to become 1.7.2.

(Emailing the patch directly to me would have been more economical, of
course.)
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	                        Kees J. Bot  (kjb@cs.vu.nl)
	              Systems Programmer, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
