[Qemu-devel] Moving keymaps -> pc-bios/keymaps

[Qemu-devel] Moving keymaps -> pc-bios/keymaps

[Anthony Liguori]

Hi,

I've renamed keymaps -> pc-bios/keymaps.  This is not a wonderful thing
but it has some advantages like enabling easier automated testing.

If anyone wants to take a stab at a more logical layout (potentially
including changing the install layout), I think that would be a great thing.

Regards,

Anthony Liguori

Re: [Qemu-devel] Moving keymaps -> pc-bios/keymaps

[Samuel Thibault]

Anthony Liguori, le Thu 28 May 2009 03:15:27 -0500, a écrit :
> I've renamed keymaps -> pc-bios/keymaps.  This is not a wonderful thing
> but it has some advantages like enabling easier automated testing.
> 
> If anyone wants to take a stab at a more logical layout (potentially
> including changing the install layout), I think that would be a great thing.

Could qemu perhaps just use xkb data?

Samuel

Re: [Qemu-devel] Moving keymaps -> pc-bios/keymaps

[Anthony Liguori]

Samuel Thibault wrote:
> Anthony Liguori, le Thu 28 May 2009 03:15:27 -0500, a écrit :
>   
>> I've renamed keymaps -> pc-bios/keymaps.  This is not a wonderful thing
>> but it has some advantages like enabling easier automated testing.
>>
>> If anyone wants to take a stab at a more logical layout (potentially
>> including changing the install layout), I think that would be a great thing.
>>     
>
> Could qemu perhaps just use xkb data?
>   

We could but we would probably want to keep it in the tree for Windows
and non-X11 targets.

Regards,

Anthony Liguori

> Samuel
>   

Re: [Qemu-devel] Moving keymaps -> pc-bios/keymaps

[Samuel Thibault]

Anthony Liguori, le Thu 28 May 2009 03:37:44 -0500, a écrit :
> Samuel Thibault wrote:
> > Could qemu perhaps just use xkb data?
> 
> We could but we would probably want to keep it in the tree for Windows
> and non-X11 targets.

Yes, of course.  My idea was mostly to get keymaps for free :)

Samuel

Re: [Qemu-devel] Moving keymaps -> pc-bios/keymaps

[Daniel P. Berrange]

On Thu, May 28, 2009 at 10:44:48AM +0200, Samuel Thibault wrote:
> Anthony Liguori, le Thu 28 May 2009 03:37:44 -0500, a écrit :
> > Samuel Thibault wrote:
> > > Could qemu perhaps just use xkb data?
> > 
> > We could but we would probably want to keep it in the tree for Windows
> > and non-X11 targets.
> 
> Yes, of course.  My idea was mostly to get keymaps for free :)

For VNC at least you're better off getting a VNC client that supports
the hardware scancode extension[1], avoiding the need for any of this
horrible keymap conversion in QEMU itself, leaving it entirely to the
guest OS where xkb (or equiv) is indeed used. Not sure what SDL does...

Regards,
Daniel

[1] eg gtk-vnc as found in vinagre, virt-manager, virt-viewer
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Re: [Qemu-devel] Moving keymaps -> pc-bios/keymaps

[Stefan Weil]

Anthony Liguori schrieb:
> Hi,
>
> I've renamed keymaps -> pc-bios/keymaps.  This is not a wonderful thing
> but it has some advantages like enabling easier automated testing.
>
> If anyone wants to take a stab at a more logical layout (potentially
> including changing the install layout), I think that would be a great thing.
>
> Regards,
>
> Anthony Liguori


Renaming pc-bios -> bios would be a little bit more logical,
because QEMU's PC-only versions are history.

For newcomers, it could also help to avoid confusion
(they would not expect openbios-* in directory pc-bios).

Regards

Stefan Weil

Re: [Qemu-devel] Moving keymaps -> pc-bios/keymaps

[Anthony Liguori]

Stefan Weil wrote:
> Anthony Liguori schrieb:
>   
>> Hi,
>>
>> I've renamed keymaps -> pc-bios/keymaps.  This is not a wonderful thing
>> but it has some advantages like enabling easier automated testing.
>>
>> If anyone wants to take a stab at a more logical layout (potentially
>> including changing the install layout), I think that would be a great thing.
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Anthony Liguori
>>     
>
>
> Renaming pc-bios -> bios would be a little bit more logical,
> because QEMU's PC-only versions are history.
>   

This is a contentious topic which I purposefully avoided in order to
allow a more thorough flame^W debate about what would be appropriate.

Regards,

Anthony Liguori

Re: [Qemu-devel] Moving keymaps -> pc-bios/keymaps

[Paul Brook]

> > I've renamed keymaps -> pc-bios/keymaps.  This is not a wonderful thing
> > but it has some advantages like enabling easier automated testing.
> >
> > If anyone wants to take a stab at a more logical layout (potentially
> > including changing the install layout), I think that would be a great
> > thing.
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Anthony Liguori
>
> Renaming pc-bios -> bios would be a little bit more logical,
> because QEMU's PC-only versions are history.

How about moving everything into a subdirectory:

data/ (installed as $prefix/share/qemu
  images/ (or maybe bios/)
  keymaps/
  boards/ (doesn't exist yet)

Paul

Re: [Qemu-devel] Moving keymaps -> pc-bios/keymaps

[Stuart Brady]

On Thu, May 28, 2009 at 01:59:00PM +0100, Paul Brook wrote:
> How about moving everything into a subdirectory:
> 
> data/ (installed as $prefix/share/qemu
>   images/ (or maybe bios/)

Or images/firmware/, perhaps?
-- 
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Re: [Qemu-devel] Moving keymaps -> pc-bios/keymaps

[Stuart Brady]

On Sat, May 30, 2009 at 12:30:56PM +0100, Stuart Brady wrote:
> On Thu, May 28, 2009 at 01:59:00PM +0100, Paul Brook wrote:
> > How about moving everything into a subdirectory:
> > 
> > data/ (installed as $prefix/share/qemu
> >   images/ (or maybe bios/)
> 
> Or images/firmware/, perhaps?

Sorry...

data/firmware/
-- 
Stuart Brady