Re: [gtk-vnc-devel] [PATCH] Add an interface for sending raw key presses

[Anthony Liguori <anthony codemonkey ws>]

Jonh Wendell wrote:
> Em Ter, 2007-10-23 às 22:26 -0500, Anthony Liguori escreveu:
>   
> > I tried to use send_keys() for kvm-test but it wasn't sufficient.  I'm 
> > unhappy that we have to have both interfaces but I still think most 
> > users would prefer send_keys().
> >     
>
> Hi.
>
> I didn't understand yet why to have 2 different api's to do the same
> job. Why not to drop one of the them?
>
> Vinagre doesn't use send_keys() yet, but i plan to add such
> functionality soon.
>   

send_keys() sends a press and release.  send_key_raw() allows you to 
send press independently of release.

The goal was to make something like sending control-alt-delete easy:

.send_keys(['Control_L', 'Alt_L', 'delete'])

Verses what would be needed for send_key_raw():

.send_key_raw(gtk.gdk.keyval_from_name('Control_L'), 1)
.send_key_raw(gtk.gdk.keyval_from_name('Alt_L', 1))
.send_key_raw(gtk.gdk.keyval_from_name('delete', 1))
.send_key_raw(gtk.gdk.keyval_from_name('Control_L'), 0)
.send_key_raw(gtk.gdk.keyval_from_name('Alt_L', 0))
.send_key_raw(gtk.gdk.keyval_from_name('delete', 0))

It may be possible to unify the interface though.  Maybe by having a 
second parameter to send_keys that was the event type.  Possible event 
types would be PRESS, RELEASE, CLICK.

Regards,

Anthony Liguori
> Cheers,
>