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



El mié, 09-06-2004 a las 15:41, Sergey V. Udaltsov escribió:
>  > > :((( 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?

That GST is unable to configure eXceed X server does not mean users
cannot use gnome, it just means they'll probably get an "Unsupported =)"
dialog box if they try to use the X GST tool.  Other users which will
get that kind of messagebox would be remote terminal users, evidently. 
Unless they give the root password perhaps.

>  
> > 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
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