[Xcb] What needs to be done for keyboard support?

[Vincent Torri]

On Wed, 6 Jun 2007, Barton C Massey wrote:

> In message <20070606222247.GA3110 at localhost.localdomain> you wrote:

>> Having already looked at the xcb@ archives, I see the presense of a
>> util/keysym library, however it is not in Debian sid - is this just
>> immaturity, or is that project dead?
>
> A little of both, I think.  No one has worked on it in a
> long time as far as I can recall, and it is pretty primitive
> in the functionality that it offers.

Jamey and me have worked on it. I use it for ecore and it works well.

>
>> What needs to be done to implement a usable keyboard
>> support system for XCB?  I am willing to help.
>
> I think the current library would be "usable", but what
> really wants to be done is for someone to open the Xkb can
> of worms.  Several of us have peeked into the can, and then
> slammed the lid shut. :-)
>
> Probably the best plan would be for somebody to propose a
> reasonable architecture for XCB keyboard input, and then we
> can talk about how to implement it.  Want to look at this
> for us?

I've already tried to write the xml description of xkb, but that extension 
is very difficult to port ( maybe even impossible currently).

I think that once the python parser is finished, it will be easier to 
write that protocol.

Vincent