On Thursday, 12 May 2011, at 09:03:16 (+0900), Carsten Haitzler wrote: > grandma :) could call it "hardware buttons". frankly.. i think that acpi is > abused/misused in so many ways by hw vendors. if its a button like a key.. it > should be a key. always. wired up to the kbd controller with a keycode. there > should be another CLASS of switch that is on/off - like lid open state, > "flight > mode wifi switch" on some laptops is a sliding on/off switch that physically > retains its state (its not a soft-toggle). imho even the power and reset > buttons should be keys (just with a bonus hold power for 8secs+ and machine > hard powers down feature).
How about "Hardware Controls?" Just calling it "Buttons" is even worse than "ACPI," not because Grandma won't know what it means, but rather because Grandma won't know to which meaning of "Buttons" it refers. It's too broad/general. Mouse buttons? Toolbar buttons? Menubar buttons? Whatever interpretation comes to Grandma's mind first, it's unlikely to be "power buttons, Fn+Function keys, and lid closures." :-) Michael -- Michael Jennings (a.k.a. KainX) http://www.kainx.org/ <[email protected]> Linux Server/Cluster Admin, LBL.gov Author, Eterm (www.eterm.org) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- "That's who I am. I'm a positive person." "No, *I'm* a positive person. *You* are like Santa Claus on Prozac...at Disneyland... getting laid!" -- Alec Baldwin and Lisa Kudrow, "Friends" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Achieve unprecedented app performance and reliability What every C/C++ and Fortran developer should know. Learn how Intel has extended the reach of its next-generation tools to help boost performance applications - inlcuding clusters. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-dev2devmay _______________________________________________ enlightenment-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-users
