Date   : Sat, 09 Sep 2000 17:16:11 +0100
From   : russell.marks@... (Russell Marks)
Subject: Re: yet another BBC emulator? (New MESS BBC emulator will have 8271 d isc support)

James Fidell wrote:

> I also have sound much better implemented than before, although it's still
> not as perfect as I'd like.

Is this still using /dev/sequencer, or is it /dev/dsp-based now?

> If you want to send me patches and can write a little bit of explanation
> on why they're required, I'm more than happy to roll them into the next
> release.  Feel free to send even the stuff I think I might have fixed,
> 'cos I could always have cocked it up :)

Going back to the list of changes, it looks like these were the only
ones you'd not yet covered:

> > > +	* src/Keyboard.c: changed keyboard support to be set/unset rather
> > > +	than keeping count of presses/unpresses. This should save needing
> > > +	the keyboard kludge added earlier, so I've removed that.
[...]
> > > +	* src/KeymapStrict.c: also allow Meta_L/Super/Hyper for Control
> > > +	key. This means e.g. on Linux/XFree you can use Alt or (on a W95
> > > +	keyboard) a Windoze key. Also allow Meta_R for shift-lock.

These are pretty trivial :-), but I could make a patch relative to
0.3.5 which adds those if you want.

-Rus.