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From: rws@EXPO.LCS.MIT.EDU (Bob Scheifler)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Re: keycodes
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Date: 7 Jun 90 12:25:03 GMT
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    Is there a convention that each key on a keyboard has a unique keycode?

Every key should have a unique keycode, unless the hardware does not permit
them to be distinguished.  I suppose there might be some other reason to
assign identical keycodes, but I don't think I've heard any.