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Subject: Re: Keyboard Rewrite
From: "Tom Spear" <speeddymon () gmail ! com>
Date: 2006-03-31 23:08:15
Message-ID: f8a14c610603311508mfa39445w5b3a38315acd67f7 () mail ! gmail ! com
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On 3/31/06, Willie Sippel <willie@zeitgeistmedia.net> wrote:
>
> Am Freitag, 31. M=E4rz 2006 21:33 schrieb Tom Spear:
> > Hi all, this is a call for volunteers. I am hoping that certain
> developers
> > participating in another thread are willing to rewrite the keyboard
> code,
> > but we need people to test. If you are interested, please reply here
> > saying that you are interested, and what kind of keyboard you use, as
> well
> > as the layout you use under X. I will be creating a wiki page for this
> > project once the people who will be taking on this rewrite confirm that
> > they will do so, and will post the link to this thread as soon as it is
> > created.
> >
> > The purpose of this rewrite is to (hopefully) fix all of the problems
> > people have with key mappings, characters not showing up as expected,
> race
> > conditions, characters not showing up at all, etc, and hopefully allow
> us
> > to close out many of the bugs in bugzilla having to do with the
> keyboard.
> >
> > Thanks all in advance
> >
> > Tom
>
> If this is about testing, I'll gladly help. I use a German SUN Type6
> keyboard
> (only one control key, Compose key, SUN keys instead of Windows keys, no
> menu
> key) with German layout and swapcaps. I also used to use an application
> that
> crashes due to a regression in Wine's keyboard handling it seems - could
> be a
> nice test app.
>
> --
> Willie Sippel
>
> //////// | Tritium Studios
> // | ______________________________
> //// /// | http://www.tritium-studios.com
>
> <willie@froq.net>
>
>
> Thank you all for your submissions. Please keep 'em coming. I am headed
home now, and will organize all emails for this thread into a different
folder on my machine so I can keep track of them. If some devs come forwar=
d
and agree to start cracking on a keyboard rewrite, I will take my sorted
emails and create the wiki page. I have the layout figured out in my head,
but it is kinda hard to describe. You will see it in a few days, and I
think you will like it.
I do have a question for anyone who knows though. There are 2 distinct
variations on the most common keyboard bugs. Keyboard output gets sent to
console, or doesnt work at all; and these keys on my keyboard don't work or
dont work as expected, or this layout isn't recognized by wine and wine sai=
d
to report it here. Is the first variation a bug in the keyboard code, or i=
s
it something to do with some other component of wine? I ask because we
already have a metabug in bugzilla, and I don't want to link those bugs to
the metabug if they arent a bug in the keyboard code.. I'd rather link it
to a directx metabug (if there is one) or so forth.
Tom
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On 3/31/06, <b class="gmail_sendername">Willie Sippel</b> <<a \
href="mailto:willie@zeitgeistmedia.net">willie@zeitgeistmedia.net</a>> \
wrote:<div><span class="gmail_quote"></span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" \
style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; \
padding-left: 1ex;"> Am Freitag, 31. März 2006 21:33 schrieb Tom Spear:<br>> Hi \
all, this is a call for volunteers. I am hoping that certain \
developers<br>> participating in another thread are willing to rewrite the \
keyboard code,<br>> but we need people to test. If you are interested, \
please reply here <br>> saying that you are interested, and what kind of keyboard \
you use, as well<br>> as the layout you use under X. I will be creating \
a wiki page for this<br>> project once the people who will be taking on this \
rewrite confirm that <br>> they will do so, and will post the link to this thread \
as soon as it is<br>> created.<br>><br>> The purpose of this rewrite is to \
(hopefully) fix all of the problems<br>> people have with key mappings, characters \
not showing up as expected, race <br>> conditions, characters not showing up at \
all, etc, and hopefully allow us<br>> to close out many of the bugs in bugzilla \
having to do with the keyboard.<br>><br>> Thanks all in advance<br>><br>> \
Tom <br><br>If this is about testing, I'll gladly help. I use a German SUN Type6 \
keyboard<br>(only one control key, Compose key, SUN keys instead of Windows keys, no \
menu<br>key) with German layout and swapcaps. I also used to use an application that \
<br>crashes due to a regression in Wine's keyboard handling it seems - could be \
a<br>nice test app.<br><br>--<br>Willie \
Sippel<br><br> //////// | Tritium Studios<br> \
// \
| ______________________________<br>//// \
/// | <a \
href="http://www.tritium-studios.com">http://www.tritium-studios.com</a><br><br><<a \
href="mailto:willie@froq.net">willie@froq.net</a>><br><br><br></blockquote></div>Thank \
you all for your submissions. Please keep 'em coming. I am headed home \
now, and will organize all emails for this thread into a different folder on my \
machine so I can keep track of them. If some devs come forward and agree to \
start cracking on a keyboard rewrite, I will take my sorted emails and create the \
wiki page. I have the layout figured out in my head, but it is kinda hard to \
describe. You will see it in a few days, and I think you will like it. \
<br><br>I do have a question for anyone who knows though. There are 2 distinct \
variations on the most common keyboard bugs. Keyboard output gets sent to \
console, or doesnt work at all; and these keys on my keyboard don't work or dont work \
as expected, or this layout isn't recognized by wine and wine said to report it \
here. Is the first variation a bug in the keyboard code, or is it something to \
do with some other component of wine? I ask because we already have a metabug \
in bugzilla, and I don't want to link those bugs to the metabug if they arent a bug \
in the keyboard code.. I'd rather link it to a directx metabug (if there is \
one) or so forth. <br><br>Tom<br>
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