Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 17 Apr 1996 20:44:39 -0400 (EDT) | From | Jauder Ho <> | Subject | Re: Generic Keyboard Library? |
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great!!! I think you can help me then.... how do I get xterm R6.1 to compile? it keeps dying complaining XkbClientLibs does not exist and it can't find X11/Xpoll.h
--Jauder
On Wed, 17 Apr 1996, Erik Fortune wrote:
> > I saw a passing reference to a generic keyboard library that someone > on this list is developing. Unfortunately, the reference was in a > quote, without a citation for the original author. > > Whoever you are, please contact me (erik@sgi.com). Among other things, > I'm the author of the X Keyboard (XKB) Extension, which is an X > Consortium Standard as of X11R6.1. XKB adds a _lot_ of new keyboard > capabilities, among them: > o A lot more control over how modifiers affect the symbols to be used > o A lot more control over the effects of pressing keys (or combinations > of keys). > o Programmable keyboard indicators (LEDs) > o Detectable keyboard bells with an optional name (allows different > sounds for different events) > o Geometry -- a description of the physical appearance of the keyboard, > including the positions of all keys and indicators. > > We should coordinate so that we don't end up with unnecessary differences > in capabilities or behavior. If our implementations manage to stay > similar enough, you can probably piggyback on some of the existing > and upcoming documentation for XKB. You might also be able to use some > of the XKB keyboard configuration information. > > -- Erik > > +-------------------------------------+--------------------------------------+ > | Erik Fortune | Ladies are requested not to have | > | Silicon Graphics Globalization R&D | children in the bar. | > | ++1 415 933 1922 erik@sgi.com | -- Sign in Norwegian Cocktail Lounge | > +-------------------------------------+--------------------------------------+ > All opinions are my own, so leave my employer out of this > >
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