Re: Lock'n'load! [Was: Integrating system tools in GNOME]

["Sergey V. Udaltsov" <sergey_udaltsov pochta ru>]

> > :((( So do you offer me to build another abstract interface with single
> > XFree&Co implementation? No, thanks. BTW, IIRC this library does not
> > have proper public interface. Also, again IIRC this interface is very
> > ugly (probably because it is internal). At least that was my impression
> > when I looked at it.
> 
> Then talk to the guys and, perhaps, make suggestions or a bit of code so
> it becomes an easier job.
Well, anything non-standard (even if it is nice and beautiful in X.Org
server) is nearly vetoed inside of me. As I said, I make all efforts to
be as server-agnostic as possible. Just think about users of VNC or
Exceed - which have nothing to do with XF86Config. Should they be able
to use gnome?
 
> We'll need to write a config backend to configure system-wide res and
> displays anyway, so while you're at it, input settings wouldn't be that
> hard.
I am at it?:) I am not a g-sys-tools guy, I am a keyboard guy:) As I
said, I do not see nice way (from both UI and architecture POV) to merge
g-s-t and g-k-p now.

BTW, we should still remember about these poor people who do not have
xkb at all in their X servers - or, which is worse, have it broken. The
solution should be scalable to these situations as well.

Sergey