[Spice-devel] [patch 0/2] vdagent KEYVAL extension

[Marc-André Lureau]

----- Original Message -----
> > Ok, so I will add more space for scancodes. I have further optimized my
> > patch,
> > and I currently use:
> > 
> >       message {
> >         uint32 keysym;
> >         uint32 scancode_down;
> >         uint32 scancode_up;
> >     } @ctype(SpiceMsgcKeyX11Keysym) key_x11_keysym;

If you really want to send scancode, do it the same way as "Data key_scancode" for arbitrary sequence.

Why did you drop the flags in the end?

> Another advantage is that a client could request scancode generation at
> server side.
> This is useful for the javascript/java client, because they do not have
> access to scancodes.
> 
> The server (qemu) can synthesize the scancode from the keysym (code for that
> already
> exists in qemu for vnc).

I think I understand what you mean, even though I think it becomes weird server cases...