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Exit Sign (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 week ago by cm0002@piefed.world to c/programmer_humor@programming.dev

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[–] NeatNit@discuss.tchncs.de 0 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Does this break games? Where in the input pipeline is the long press converted to shift? Being in the firmware implies that it's in the keyboard itself, so even games wouldn't be able to see that you're just holding W to go forwards.

[–] victorz@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

Exactly, it's on a firmware level, so before it reaches the connecting wire.

Also see replies to this comment: https://sopuli.xyz/comment/19236969