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Miro Kropacek wrote:

> IIRC, that handler was one of the last Draco's works, I clearly remember
> when he included it into source tree, Insert key in Kobold + some other
> things in Aniplayer stopped to work, i.e. it wasn't totally bug-free.
> And since we know everything (Eiffel included) works well in plain TOS
> and older (1.15) kernels... it seems like good idea to me. What do you
> think?

I think it's a bad idea. This would require some work, work that would
be better spent debugging the existing keyboard handler. If you remove
Draco's handler, you'll loose the loadable keyboard tables, Ssystem's
ability to change keymaps, deadkeys and (IIRC) Eiffel scrollwheel.

Jo Even