On Mon, Dec 08, 2014 at 11:03:58AM -0800, Bill Spitzak wrote: > Shouldn't this use the same api as the input methods, since it is in fact an > input method?
please explain > On 12/07/2014 10:05 PM, Peter Hutterer wrote: > >Some devices don't rely on keycodes + xkb layout but rather send a specific > >keysym (or multiple) in response to physical button presses. This is the case > >for chorded keyboards for example. > > > >This adds a new type of key event that provides UTF8 strings. The > >press/release pair applies to this type as well, the exact behavior of when > >the release event is sent is implementation dependent. > > > >Signed-off-by: Peter Hutterer <peter.hutte...@who-t.net> > >Cc: Samuel Thibault <samuel.thiba...@ens-lyon.org> > >--- > >Not intending to merge this yet, this is supposed to spark some discussion. > >We don't have real support for this in the kernel and I don't have access to > >any device that really generates keysysms. PoC is in Patch 2, but in the > >real world the device will likely be hooked up through some other means than > >evdev. > > > >Until we have reliable testing and know what the details need to be for > >device support, this remains an RFC (but now archived on the list instead of > >just locally). _______________________________________________ wayland-devel mailing list wayland-devel@lists.freedesktop.org http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/wayland-devel