Re: XKB Patch

Ok, here is a screenshot:

http://img140.imageshack.us/img140/691/aringvnc.png

In the screenshot, you should see that I am accessing my Ubuntu laptop from
my Debian desktop computer (using VNC), and from the Ubuntu laptop I am
using my patched version of rdesktop to remotely access a third computer
running Windows. I changed the keyboard layout to a Swedish keyboard layout,
and pressed VK_OEM_4 on my Debian computer, and see the result... "aring"!

On Wed, May 20, 2009 at 2:49 PM, Peter Åstrand <[email protected]> wrote:

>
>  keycode 255 is a special case. I found this:
>> http://bugs.sun.com/bugdatabase/view_bug.do?bug_id=6678061
>> We could just directly map keycode 255 to VK_OEM_4. Normally this keycode
>> isn't used.
>>
>
> Regardless of what you map it to at build time, it can be incorrect at
> runtime, since the keycode can vary from day to day. Xvnc allocates keycodes
> the first time you press a certain key/symbol.
>
>
>  How does it know that VK_OEM_4 has been pressed, if keycodes can't be used
>> as you say? Because XKB maintains a database of keycodes -> XKB keynames.
>> How
>> many times do I have to repeat it? Yes, the keycode DOES change, it isn't
>> a constant, it will vary from one keyboard to another. THAT IS THE WHOLE
>> POINT
>>
>
> The problem is that it's not even stable for the same keyboard.
>
>
>  What the fuck is wrong with you guys? I'm here, submitting a damn patch
>> that's actually good, and you guys can't even manage to read it carefully
>> enough to understand what it is doing really. Instead, you insist on making
>> me repeat the same things over and over again, and when I think you finally
>> get it, no! You totally miss the point again. Keep your broken input system
>> if that is your wish, I'm so pissed at how bad this can be that I'm very
>> tempted to fork the damn project.
>>
>
> If you are still convinced that your implementation is good, why don't you
> try it within a Xvnc session, for example, with the "aring" symbol that I
> used in my example?
>
>
>
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