Re: Compose and dead-keys support in libxkbcommon

2014-09-22 Thread Bill Spitzak
Yes I understand that an input method process would call this. But it could be code in that input method rather than in a library normal clients have to link with. I'm asking whether it is a good idea to give applications such an easy way to ignore the input method by calling this directly. O

Re: Compose and dead-keys support in libxkbcommon

2014-09-22 Thread Jasper St. Pierre
libxkbcommon forms part of the input method. On Mon, Sep 22, 2014 at 11:36 AM, Bill Spitzak wrote: > I'm sure this was discussed, but wouldn't it be better to encourage use of > the input method rather than giving programmers who only want latin an easy > way to ignore it? > > > On 09/14/2014 02

Re: Compose and dead-keys support in libxkbcommon

2014-09-22 Thread Bill Spitzak
I'm sure this was discussed, but wouldn't it be better to encourage use of the input method rather than giving programmers who only want latin an easy way to ignore it? On 09/14/2014 02:05 PM, Ran Benita wrote: These patches add support for compose sequences/dead keys to libxkbcommon, in a sm

Compose and dead-keys support in libxkbcommon

2014-09-14 Thread Ran Benita
These patches add support for compose sequences/dead keys to libxkbcommon, in a small mostly-independent module, xkbcommon-compose. A while ago we decided this is a worthwhile addition, particulary for applications which use libxkbcommon without an input method. I'd appreciate any comments on the