Re: Radical idea for X-modmap problem.

2009-07-29 Thread walt
On 07/28/2009 09:28 PM, Mikhail Gusarov wrote: Twas brillig at 16:56:51 28.07.2009 UTC-07 when w41...@gmail.com did gyre and gimble: w I'm wondering about the connection from terminal to server, and how w much bandwidth would be typical for such a setting... Have a look at network

Re: Radical idea for X-modmap problem.

2009-07-28 Thread Juliusz Chroboczek
Being strictly an amateur programmer, I've always wondered how many people/institutions actually use X for remote display the way it was designed to be used. Quite a lot. In universities in crowded city centers, it is quite common to have students work on (fan-less) X terminals, with a large

Re: Radical idea for X-modmap problem.

2009-07-28 Thread walt
On 07/28/2009 10:18 AM, Juliusz Chroboczek wrote: Being strictly an amateur programmer, I've always wondered how many people/institutions actually use X for remote display the way it was designed to be used. Quite a lot. In universities in crowded city centers, it is quite common to have

Re: Radical idea for X-modmap problem.

2009-07-28 Thread Mikhail Gusarov
Twas brillig at 16:56:51 28.07.2009 UTC-07 when w41...@gmail.com did gyre and gimble: w I'm wondering about the connection from terminal to server, and how w much bandwidth would be typical for such a setting. (I'm assuming w that college students would spent substantial time watching

Re: Radical idea for X-modmap problem.

2009-07-27 Thread walt
On 07/26/2009 01:56 PM, Jim Gettys wrote: David Moffatt wrote: Responding to the thread about mapping hardware scan codes -- X key codes and keyboards with 248 keys. Perhaps the solution is to take the hardware scan code -- Symbol problem out of the X layer entirely. Let the OS deal with

Re: Radical idea for X-modmap problem.

2009-07-27 Thread Jim Gettys
walt wrote: On 07/26/2009 01:56 PM, Jim Gettys wrote: David Moffatt wrote: Responding to the thread about mapping hardware scan codes -- X key codes and keyboards with 248 keys. Perhaps the solution is to take the hardware scan code -- Symbol problem out of the X layer entirely. Let the

Re: Radical idea for X-modmap problem.

2009-07-27 Thread walter harms
walt schrieb: On 07/26/2009 01:56 PM, Jim Gettys wrote: David Moffatt wrote: Responding to the thread about mapping hardware scan codes -- X key codes and keyboards with 248 keys. Perhaps the solution is to take the hardware scan code -- Symbol problem out of the X layer entirely. Let

Radical idea for X-modmap problem.

2009-07-26 Thread David Moffatt
Responding to the thread about mapping hardware scan codes -- X key codes and keyboards with 248 keys. Perhaps the solution is to take the hardware scan code -- Symbol problem out of the X layer entirely. Let the OS deal with that in its own manner. Simpler is better? (Please flame/reply to

Re: Radical idea for X-modmap problem.

2009-07-26 Thread Alan Cox
On Sun, 26 Jul 2009 12:06:41 -0700 David Moffatt david.moff...@access-company.com wrote: Responding to the thread about mapping hardware scan codes -- X key codes and keyboards with 248 keys. Perhaps the solution is to take the hardware scan code -- Symbol problem out of the X layer

Re: Radical idea for X-modmap problem.

2009-07-26 Thread Jim Gettys
David Moffatt wrote: Responding to the thread about mapping hardware scan codes -- X key codes and keyboards with 248 keys. Perhaps the solution is to take the hardware scan code -- Symbol problem out of the X layer entirely. Let the OS deal with that in its own manner. X already