Add bootcommand mappings for left/right command and option keys #293
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I see there's a copy of the docs in |
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@anshulsharma-hashicorp, @anurag5sh, @JenGoldstrich, would one of you have time to review this PR, or suggest someone else who could? I'd love to get this one merged in. It would make working with macOS VMs nicer. |
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@anshulsharma-hashicorp, @anurag5sh, @JenGoldstrich is there any feedback on this PR? How do we proceed? Thanks 😊 |
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@anshulsharma-hashicorp, @anurag5sh, @JenGoldstrich Can you please comment on this PR? Thanks |
The super key maps to ⌘ for the USB driver, but for the VNC driver ⌘ is produced by left/right Alt, so we can't promise that leftSuper/rightSuper produces ⌘.
When automating macOS systems it's convenient to refer to the keys by their natural names, and for the VNC driver none of the existing special keys mapped to option, so this enables boot commands using the option key.
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Awaiting the merge of the feature in the upstream Packer SDK repo, let's override the plugin SDK with a branch that has the feature. See hashicorp/packer-plugin-sdk#293
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Awaiting the merge of the feature in the upstream Packer SDK repo. See hashicorp/packer-plugin-sdk#293
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Awaiting the merge of the feature in the upstream Packer SDK repo. See hashicorp/packer-plugin-sdk#293
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@tanmay-hc Is Packer maintained still? |
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When automating macOS systems it's convenient to refer to the keys by their natural names, and for the VNC driver none of the existing special keys mapped to option, so this enables boot commands using the option key.