exclude programs from input device grabs

[Patrick Sebastian Zimmermann]

I searched around a bit.
Did I get it right, that mpx changed the entire input part of X and
therefor XEvIE didn't work anymore and was removed. mpx does not
provide anything like input redirection, so bringing back XEvIE based
on the new input logic mpx brings would not result in implementing the
same feature twice, right?
If this is the case I will try to bring XEvIE back.

Greets,
  Patrick

On Thu, 8 Jan 2009 15:28:32 +1000
Peter Hutterer <peter.hutterer at who-t.net> wrote:

> On Wed, Jan 07, 2009 at 02:55:58PM +0000, Patrick Sebastian
> Zimmermann wrote:
> > I'd like to program a mechanism for the xserver that allows certain
> > programs to recieve input events even when they are grabbed by
> > another program. This would allow X keygrabbers to work even when
> > other programs grabbed the keyboard (eg. most programs when having
> > a menu open, and most games).
> 
> XEvIE probably was the closest thing here. Except that it was broken
> and removed recently. A reimplementation on top of the new input code
> probably won't be frowned upon.
>  
> Cheers,
>   Peter
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