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SubjectRe: Generic Keyboard Library?

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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