[PATCH weston 0/4] Recognize keyboards that can actually type

[Derek Foreman]

Failed to mention this is on top of my
[PATCH weston v5] input: Don't test keyboard/pointer/touch pointers

patch...

On 05/05/15 03:01 PM, Derek Foreman wrote:
> Right now weston doesn't differentiate between "real" keyboards and
> keyboards that consist only of administrative controls (power buttons,
> ACPI Video Bus thing for backlight controls...)
> 
> This patch series adds additional capability bits to weston_keyboard
> to tell if the keyboard has_digits or has_letters.  The weston
> updated_caps_signal will now fire if the keyboard capabilities change,
> but wl_seat_send_capabilities() still only fires based on device
> presence (that is, you'll never see a keyboard removal in the
> primary seat since that's where you have a power button :)
> 
> The weston protocol doesn't carry this information, so it's only
> really useful for desktop-shell.  Later I intend to use this to let
> desktop-shell automatically show/hide weston-keyboard depending on
> keyboard capabilities.
> 
> 
> Derek Foreman (4):
>   input: Split get_udev_seat() into its own function
>   input: make a function for device removal
>   input: Move seat capability update sends out of init functions
>   input: Detect keyboard capabilities
> 
>  configure.ac              |  2 +-
>  src/compositor-headless.c |  3 ++
>  src/compositor-rdp.c      |  2 ++
>  src/compositor-wayland.c  |  3 ++
>  src/compositor-x11.c      |  3 ++
>  src/compositor.h          | 12 ++++++++
>  src/input.c               | 74 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------
>  src/libinput-device.c     | 32 +++++++++++++++++++-
>  src/libinput-device.h     |  4 ++-
>  src/libinput-seat.c       | 64 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----
>  src/screen-share.c        |  3 ++
>  tests/weston-test.c       |  4 +++
>  12 files changed, 175 insertions(+), 31 deletions(-)
>