[xorg-bugzilla-noise] [Bug 931] New: Replacement/enhancement needed for libxkbfile API

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           Summary: Replacement/enhancement needed for libxkbfile API
           Product: xorg
           Version: 6.7.0
          Platform: All
        OS/Version: All
            Status: NEW
          Severity: enhancement
          Priority: P3
         Component: Lib/other
        AssignedTo: xorg-bugzilla-noise at freedesktop.org
        ReportedBy: alan.coopersmith at sun.com


Projects like libxklavier and the GNOME keyboard configuration control panel
have started using the libxkbfile API to determine the Xserver keyboard
configuration.

There are two major problems with this use of libxkbfile:
  1) It requires the software to know where the X server in use has installed its
     XKB configuration files.  If the user installs an alternate Xserver for 
     whatever reason, the software may use incorrect configuration files or be
     unable to find XKB data files at all.
  2) It requires local filesystem access to the configuration files of the Xserver
     so it won't work with remote displays.

An enhanced or replacement API for libxkbfile should be developed to solve these
issues.       
  
  
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