Re: [gtk-vnc-devel] [PATCH][RFC] Support for ExtendedKeyEvent client message

[Markus Armbruster <armbru redhat com>]

Anthony Liguori <anthony codemonkey ws> writes:

> Markus Armbruster wrote:
[...]
>> There are applications of the protocol that don't have to emulate a
>> real keyboard, e.g. PVFB.  They can "emulate" a *virtual* keyboard
>> that *does* have all the keys.  Insisting on baking a particular
>> *real* keyboard into the protocol is not helpful for those
>> applications.
>>   
>
> Okay.  I think I understand where you're coming from now.  What we
> really want to do is define a super keyboard that contains all of the
> PC keyboard keys along with possibly more keys.  The Linux input layer
> codes are an obvious place to start.
>
> I'll update my patch.
>
> Regards,
>
> Anthony Liguori

Thanks, Anthony!

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