Control/Meta keys; how do they work?
 

I would like in depth knowledge of how these keys work. If I were to want to use these keys for my own application how would I program them?

Thanks in advance!





Edit: Useful links I found with the help from the single reply.
http://www.beyondlogic.org/keyboard/keybrd.htm
http://www.philipstorr.id.au/pcbook/book3/keyboard.htm
http://gunnarwrobel.de/wiki/Linux-and-the-keyboard.html
http://www.faqs.org/docs/Linux-HOWTO...ole-HOWTO.html

Not an answer but a base for the topic.

It depends, if you are using Xlib, for example, the modifier keys' state are given as a bitmask in the keypress event structure: http://tronche.com/gui/x/xlib/events...d-pointer.html