Hi, On 9 March 2012 12:51, <bugzilla-dae...@freedesktop.org> wrote: > --- Comment #50 from Nicolas Mailhot <nicolas.mail...@laposte.net> 2012-03-09 > 04:51:08 PST --- > (In reply to comment #49) >> On 9 March 2012 00:56, <bugzilla-dae...@freedesktop.org> wrote: >> > --- Comment #48 from maximlevit...@gmail.com 2012-03-08 16:56:28 PST --- >> > Especially knowing that on protocol level XI2 does support extended events. >> > Its just matter of fixing X code. >> >> To an extent, yes. Extended keycodes could relatively easily be >> passed through XI2, but XKB needs to be extended so clients know what >> those keys actually mean. > > Why would xkb need to know that ? > > Can't apps and xkb maps not reference them by code number ? (as is already the > case for most unicode points xkb has no pretty name for)
XKB's keycode type is an unsigned char, which only holds eight bits. It has no way of referring keycodes above 255, without breaking protocol. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/50692 Title: New Sony Vaios hotkeys don't work (fn_key polling) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/linux/+bug/50692/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
