Two keyboards

[David Scheidt]

Julian Elischer wrote:
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> Bram Van Steenlandt wrote:
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>> Hi
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>> For a pos system I am working on I need support for two keyboards 
>> (actually one keyboard(ps/2) and one scanner(usb)). 
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> you can already do this..
> what makes you call the scanner a keyboard?

Proabably, because it acts like one?  I don't know about the USB ones, 
but PS/2 scanners generated keysym data, just like a real keyboard. 
The idea of the hardware people is "They've already got a keyboard, they 
take input from it, so let's make the scanner a keyboard!"  It makes it 
easy to use a barcode reader with an application that doesn't know 
anything about barcodes, barcode scanners or the like.


David