RE: xf86config patch

["Harold Hunt" <huntharo at msu dot edu>]

Alexander,

I've merged your patch with my local tree and I'm going to try to test it
tomorrow.

Could you send me a sample and/or skeleton (containing commented versions of
each config option) config file?

Thanks,

Harold

> -----Original Message-----
> From: cygwin-xfree-owner@cygwin.com
> [mailto:cygwin-xfree-owner@cygwin.com]On Behalf Of Alexander Gottwald
> Sent: Saturday, July 06, 2002 3:40 PM
> To: cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com
> Subject: xf86config patch
>
>
> Hi,
>
> after long time, I remade the xf86config patch. The diffs are made
> against todays cvs.
>
> The patch includes support for
>
> - reading /etc/XF86Config
> - setting the fontpath from the configfile
> - setting XKB settings from the configfile (foreign keyboard support)
> - setting rgbpath from the configfile
>
> I don't expect that I will ever support other configuration options,
> since the monitor, device and screen sections have no meaning for
> windows. For supporting the mouse section a huge change to the current
> has to be made and any settings can already be given on the commandline.
>
> A precompiled binary for testing is available at
> http://www-user.tu-chemnitz.de/~goal/xfree/test-config-1/X-Server.tar.bz2
>
> bye
>     ago
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