On Jul 4, 2013, at 10:51 AM, Stefan Hajnoczi wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 4, 2013 at 4:45 PM, Alexander Graf <address@hidden>
wrote:
>>
>> On 04.07.2013, at 16:40, Programmingkid wrote:
>>
>>> We have made a lot of progress in the last month with making Mac
OS X run in QEMU. A lot of people are to thank for this milestone. To
everyone involved, thank you.
>>>
>>> There is one thing that we have to figure out. That is the
command key issue. This key is a very important on the Macintosh. It
is used to send keyboard shortcuts to applications.
>>>
>>> What I propose is adding a menu item to QEMU's menu called "Map
Command key to ALT". This would allow a user to be able to send
Macintosh applications command key shortcuts from both a PC and Mac
keyboard.
>>>
>>> I welcome any and all ideas to solve this problem.
>>
>> This is the wrong mailing list for this. Your proposal would touch
non-PPC code in QEMU, so this needs to go to qemu-devel.
>>
>> Keep in mind that the same thing arises with x86 Mac OS X running
in QEMU.
>
> When I VNC into a Mac I find that the "Windows key" becomes the
> Command key. And the same probably happens when you plug a
non-Apple
> USB keyboard into a Mac.
I was thinking about the Windows key. It would be the perfect
substitute - if it was available on all keyboards.
>
> If you are using a keyboard with a "Windows key" then that would be
> the most natural option. If you don't have that key then you really
> need to map something else...
>
> Stefan
Maybe there should be two menu items:
"Map command key to ALT" and "Map command key to Windows key".
They would be mutually exclusive of course.