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kulupu jyn
@jyn@tech.lgbt

oh neat i found docs for this, although they don’t mention anything about unicode_start >:(
https://kbd-project.org/docs/howto-linux-keyboard-and-console/kbd-8.html#ss8.5

kulupu jyn
@jyn@tech.lgbt

ok i have found that hex digits above 10 are NOT, as i had previously believed, the letters a-f on the keyboard. instead they are a weird mix of random symbols on the numpad lmao

; sudo dumpkeys | rg 'Hex_[A-F]' -B1 | rg KP_'|Num' -A1 | rg -v -- --
keycode  55 = KP_Multiply
        altgr   keycode  55 = Hex_C
keycode  69 = Num_Lock
        altgr   keycode  69 = Hex_A
keycode  74 = KP_Subtract
        altgr   keycode  74 = Hex_D
keycode  78 = KP_Add
        altgr   keycode  78 = Hex_E
keycode  96 = KP_Enter
        altgr   keycode  96 = Hex_F
keycode  98 = KP_Divide
        altgr   keycode  98 = Hex_B

kulupu jyn
@jyn@tech.lgbt

also i can't get them to work. can anyone running linux get the following thing to work?
ctrl+alt+f3 to switch to a new virtual console
run fbterm so you can see unicode sequences. (if this is a pain to install, you can also just paste the output from hexdump - use Ctrl-D to exit, not Ctrl-C)
run hexdump -C so your shell doesn't interpret escape sequences
press right alt (or alt-gr if it's on your keyboard), and simultaneously type 1234 on the numpad

it should print ᄑ (unicode hex). unfortunately mine only prints ї (unicode decimal) :(

kulupu jyn
@jyn@tech.lgbt

oh goddammit i have found the issue
keycode 100 should be set to AltGr

; sudo dumpkeys | rg '= [aA]lt'
keycode  56 = Alt
keycode 100 = Alt
keycode 125 = Alt
keycode 126 = Alt

kulupu jyn
@jyn@tech.lgbt

something is terribly wrong