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

[Dietmar Maurer]

> 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;

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).