On Fri, Jan 01, 2021 at 10:52:52AM -0800, Ian Zimmerman wrote: > On 2020-12-31 12:21, Hendrik Boom wrote: > > > On Thu, Dec 31, 2020 at 11:53:51AM -0500, Steve Litt wrote: > > > > <rant> > > > It didn't have to be this way. In 2020, better alternatives could have > > > been made. If I were the project manager, the first thing I'd do is > > > uncouple keyboard, mouse and video from each other. Why X has anything > > > to do with keyboard or mouse is beyond me. > > > Perhaps because X was originally a means of having a graphical user > > interface to multiple machines over a network. Which usualy involves > > a screen, keyboard, and mouse. > > Also, many people prefer to use the keyboard to generate many, most, or > even all the pointer events. While this remapping or emulation (whatever > you want to call it) can in theory be done on the application or toolkit > level [1] that means duplication and some applications will inevitably > left behind.
This kind of remapping, and others, such as managing window borders, is done by the window manager in X. The window manager is a separate process, doesn't need to be present, and can even run on a separate machine from the client and/or server. -- hendrik _______________________________________________ Dng mailing list [email protected] https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng
