[Xcb] Install an additional file

Barton C Massey bart at cs.pdx.edu
Thu Jul 5 13:15:20 PDT 2007


In message <200707041415.24367.hto at arcor.de> you wrote:
> I don't want to move to my branch to far away from something that can 
> be included into the main tree later, so I though I'd ask:
> 
> There is a python file "protocol_builder.py" which fills out the 
> missing pieces from the xcb files: 
> 
> It does <import></import>, resolves type-references 
> like "xproto:PIXMAP", calculates the c names like "setup_request" 
> from "SetupRequest" and some other things.
> 
> This file is very useful for the python bindings and might also be 
> useful for other things like a protocol tracer, other bindings (I've 
> wrapped the core in lua, but the protocoll is still missing).
> 
> Eventually I would need it to do the server side bindings, if they are 
> possible at all.
> 
> Now the question: Can I install this file to "PREFIX/share/xcb"? It 
> could then be queried like
> 
> $($PKG_CONFIG --variable=prefix)/share/xcb/
> 
> There already is a PREFIX/share/xcb directory for the protocol-xml 
> files, so it would not clutter the file system unecessarily.

Sounds good to me!

	Bart



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