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

[Stefan O'Rear]

On Thu, Jun 07, 2007 at 10:41:28AM +0200, Vincent Torri wrote:
> 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.

Great, I'll have to take a look at it.

> >> 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.

Uh... What does rewriting the XML parser have to do with XKB support?

Stefan