id	summary	reporter	owner	description	type	status	priority	milestone	component	version	resolution	keywords	cc	field_blocks	field_dependson	field_seealso
319	Input method for character terminals	Jiri Svoboda		"HelenOS can be controlled with a keyboard or using a character ('serial') terminal (TTY). Such terminals don't support more complex key combos (e.g. Ctrl-Shift-F1) and even some simple combos cannot be used for various reasons.

Currently there is no way to enter these combos on a character terminal, making it impossible to control applications such as Text Editor (Ctrl-S, Ctrl-Q) or CLUI-based apps (Bdsh, SBI : Ctrl-Q).

An input method needs to be implemented that would allow for standard control combos ([Ctrl-][Alt-][Shift-]key) to be entered. Simply we would reserve one control character for each of Ctrl, Alt, Shift and entering these characters would ''latch'' the corresponding modifier key. Entering another character would release the latched modifier key.
"	enhancement	new	major		helenos/srv/kbd			ui				#43, #156, #440