Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 6/9] spice: add keyboard

[Gerd Hoffmann <kraxel@redhat.com>]

   Hi,

> AT (well XT) keycodes aren't that bad a choice, at least if you go for the
> extended mapping used by the Linux keyboard driver.

Hmm, as far I know those extended mappings are not standardized.  Uses 
linux this just as internal representation?  Or can you actually feed a 
linux guest with them and expect it to work?  How about non-linux guests?

When using it as wire protocol guest compatibility doesn't matter that 
much though ...

> The master mapping is from Linux keycodes to other sets:
>
>    http://git.gnome.org/browse/gtk-vnc/tree/src/keymaps.csv
>
> And a tool that can then create you C arrays for mapping between
> arbitrary keycode sets in any direction (potentially lossy
> of course, depending on choice of keycode sets):
>
>    http://git.gnome.org/browse/gtk-vnc/tree/src/keymap-gen.pl

Nice.

cheers,
   Gerd