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| author | Ran Benita <ran234@gmail.com> | 2014-10-18 13:50:54 +0300 |
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| committer | Ran Benita <ran234@gmail.com> | 2014-10-18 15:05:30 +0300 |
| commit | 494a8fbf3fdfff79cb763556db8b018b623d7ff9 (patch) | |
| tree | 617877638f823bf5772e3cd2a9c63f97cbcd3ef0 /README.md | |
| parent | 2e8ab38351266e3894cb797d4bd6a007f1d66603 (diff) | |
| download | xorg-lib-libxkbcommon-494a8fbf3fdfff79cb763556db8b018b623d7ff9.tar.gz | |
README: move compatibility notes to their own page
Signed-off-by: Ran Benita <ran234@gmail.com>
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@@ -34,48 +34,7 @@ xkeyboard-config is available here: ## Relation to X11 -Relative to the XKB 1.1 specification implemented in current X servers, -xkbcommon has removed support for some parts of the specification which -introduced unnecessary complications. Many of these removals were in fact -not implemented, or half-implemented at best, as well as being totally -unused in the standard dataset. - -Notable removals: -- geometry support - + there were very few geometry definitions available, and while - xkbcommon was responsible for parsing this insanely complex format, - it never actually did anything with it - + hopefully someone will develop a companion library which supports - keyboard geometries in a more useful format -- KcCGST (keycodes/compat/geometry/symbols/types) API - + use RMLVO instead; KcCGST is now an implementation detail - + including pre-defined keymap files -- XKM support - + may come in an optional X11 support/compatibility library -- around half of the interpret actions - + pointer device, message and redirect actions in particular -- non-virtual modifiers - + core and virtual modifiers have been collapsed into the same - namespace, with a 'significant' flag that largely parallels the - core/virtual split -- radio groups - + completely unused in current keymaps, never fully implemented -- overlays - + almost completely unused in current keymaps -- key behaviors - + used to implement radio groups and overlays, and to deal with things - like keys that physically lock; unused in current keymaps -- indicator behaviours such as LED-controls-key - + the only supported LED behaviour is key-controls-LED; again this - was never really used in current keymaps - -Notable additions: -- 32-bit keycodes -- extended number of modifiers -- extended number of groups -- multiple keysyms per level - + this requires incompatible dataset changes, such that X11 would - not be able to parse these +See [Compatibility](doc/compat.md) notes. ## Development |