Re: compiling issues for kde3.2.3 with XFree 4.4.99.10

2004-08-04 Thread Kevin Martin
Never mind, I found Xlib's and Xincludes in /usr/local that appears to have been messing up the compile.  ARGH     Thanks.   KevinKevin Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I'm having problems getting kde3.2.3 compiled under xfree864.4.99.10.  When it's trying to compile kdeb

compiling issues for kde3.2.3 with XFree 4.4.99.10

2004-08-04 Thread Kevin Martin
I'm having problems getting kde3.2.3 compiled under xfree864.4.99.10.  When it's trying to compile kdebase/kdm/backend I receive the following error:   xmdauth.o(.text+0x2ba): In function 'XdmGetXdmcpAuth': :undefined reference to 'XdmcpWrap' xmdauth.o(.text+0x6b1): In function 'XdmCheckAuthentic

Re: Emulation of Alt+Numpad+Digits behavior

2004-08-04 Thread Robert Currey
I'm going to chime in ... > > X, on the other hand, is not supposed to be defining policy. Let's > > assume your solution was implemented. What would you expect to happen > > when you do Alt-227? What symbol would it be, and in what character > > set? Is it the same with a German keyboard layo

Re: [I18n] Re: Emulation of Alt+Numpad+Digits behavior

2004-08-04 Thread Jörg Henne
Markus Kuhn wrote: If you do something in this area, please implement the ISO 14755 hex input method, and not the old MS-Windows one. (Or implement both together, if you really need MS-Windows compatibility here. They don't interfere with each other, because the ISO 14755 technique uses Ctrl-Shift

Re: Emulation of Alt+Numpad+Digits behavior

2004-08-04 Thread Jörg Henne
Tim Roberts wrote: Jörg Henne wrote: That sounds really interesting. I've just read a few things about X and input methods. What irritates me about this solution is that it seems like it would need special support for each and every application. However, I'm looking for a solution which works wi

Re: [I18n] Re: Emulation of Alt+Numpad+Digits behavior

2004-08-04 Thread Markus Kuhn
Alan Coopersmith wrote on 2004-08-04 15:00 UTC: > > What I am trying to do is to emulate the > > MS-Windows behaviour which lets one enter arbitrary characters by using > > the Alt-Key while entering the character code on the numerical keypad. The MS-Windows behaviour is somewhat cumbersome for

Re: Emulation of Alt+Numpad+Digits behavior

2004-08-04 Thread Tim Roberts
Jörg Henne wrote: That sounds really interesting. I've just read a few things about X and input methods. What irritates me about this solution is that it seems like it would need special support for each and every application. However, I'm looking for a solution which works with every or most o

Re: Emulation of Alt+Numpad+Digits behavior

2004-08-04 Thread Jörg Henne
Paulo César Pereira de Andrade wrote: Alan Coopersmith wrote: Hi, I am not sure either what would be the correct place for this code. One possible place is keep some state code in xc/programs/Xserver/hw/xfree86/common/xf86Events.c:xf86PostKbdEvent(), maybe handle it in xkb code or as Alan said,

Re: Emulation of Alt+Numpad+Digits behavior

2004-08-04 Thread Paulo César Pereira de Andrade
Alan Coopersmith wrote: Hi, I am not sure either what would be the correct place for this code. One possible place is keep some state code in xc/programs/Xserver/hw/xfree86/common/xf86Events.c:xf86PostKbdEvent(), maybe handle it in xkb code or as Alan said, a new input method. I'm not familiar

Re: Emulation of Alt+Numpad+Digits behavior

2004-08-04 Thread Jörg Henne
Alan Coopersmith wrote: I'm not familiar with all the details, but it sounds like this may be easiest done by adding a new input method on the client side - I've cc'ed the i18n list in the hopes someone there can confirm or deny my suspicion. That sounds really interesting. I've just read a few thi

Re: Emulation of Alt+Numpad+Digits behavior

2004-08-04 Thread Alan Coopersmith
I'm not familiar with all the details, but it sounds like this may be easiest done by adding a new input method on the client side - I've cc'ed the i18n list in the hopes someone there can confirm or deny my suspicion. -Alan Coopersmith- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sun Microsystems

Re: Emulation of Alt+Numpad+Digits behavior

2004-08-04 Thread Jörg Henne
Hi, well, even after digging through lots of source code and documentation, I could really use some help. What I am trying to do is to emulate the MS-Windows behaviour which lets one enter arbitrary characters by using the Alt-Key while entering the character code on the numerical keypad. What