Re: [Qemu-ppc] [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2] Adds the ability to use the command key in the guest operating system.

[Peter Maydell]

On 4 August 2013 18:53, Programmingkid <address@hidden> wrote:
> On Aug 4, 2013, at 5:39 AM, Peter Maydell wrote
>> Right, but I don't have to specify anything about any other
>> key on the keyboard, why should command be special?
>
> The command key is used to send commands to an application. When
> the user runs Mac OS X in QEMU, and the host operating system is
> Mac OS X, this can cause problems.

Yes, I understand the problem. Why is this any different to
the similar issue with the menu-key or the Windows key in Windows
(where you also might want to pass it through to the guest,
or have it handled outside the guest).

>>> Do you have your own idea as to how to handle the command key?
>>
>> "Should the QEMU UI use the menu-accelerator key for menus or
>> should it pass it through to the guest" is a generic UI front-end
>> problem; any solution should not be specific to a single UI,
>> we should handle it the same way for all front-ends.
>
> ?

See above.

-- PMM