This library is the replacement for clients parsing evdev.xml directly.
Instead, they should use the API here so that in the future we may even
be able to swap evdev.xml for a more suitable data format.
The library parses through evdev.xml (using libxml2) and - if requested -
through evdev.extras.xml as well. The merge approach is optimised for
the default case where we have a system-installed rules XML and another file in
$XDG_CONFIG_DIR that adds a few entries. We load the system file first, then
append any custom ones to that. It's not possible to overwrite the MLVO list
provided by the system files - if you want to do that, get the change upstream.
XML validation is handled through the DTD itself which means we only need to
check for a nonempty name, everything else the DTD validation should complain
about.
The logging system is effectively identical to xkbcommon.
Signed-off-by: Peter Hutterer <peter.hutterer@who-t.net>
These can be useful in some odd cases.
There is already an implementation (+ tests) for internal use, so all
that's needed is to export them.
If xkbcommon were to provide a way to convert a Unicode codepoint to a
keysym, this could have been implemented externally as follows:
uint32_t codepoint = xkb_keysym_to_utf32(keysym);
uint32_t upper_codepoint = my_unicode_library_to_upper(codepoint);
xkb_keysym_t upper_keysym = theoretical_xkb_keysym_from_utf32(upper_codepoint);
However keysym -> codepoint is not injective so such a function is not
possible strictly speaking.
Signed-off-by: Ran Benita <ran234@gmail.com>
And also add release dates to the NEWS.
We're adding API freely, so this can make life easier for anyone who
wants to stay compatible with an older version.
Signed-off-by: Ran Benita <ran234@gmail.com>
Add a NEWS file, with some retroactive entries. Also add 'check-news' to
configure.ac, though this might be a bit annoying.
Signed-off-by: Ran Benita <ran234@gmail.com>
Ran Benita
Wismill
Peter Hutterer
Ran Benita
Daniel Stone