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Re: XKeysymDB missing ?
- From: Jon TURNEY <jon dot turney at dronecode dot org dot uk>
- To: cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com, scott at merrilees dot net
- Date: Sat, 16 Jun 2012 12:41:48 +0100
- Subject: Re: XKeysymDB missing ?
- References: <CANN7Ug0eSCQNJkX_=NFuDTf=1TGQohVQ7U8Bnzdys5YtWv6vKg@mail.gmail.com>
- Reply-to: cygwin-xfree <cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com>
- Reply-to: cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com
On 15/06/2012 02:46, Scott Merrilees wrote:
> package libX11_6/libX11_6-1.3.3-1 /usr/share/X11/XKeysymDB present
> package libX11_6/libX11_6-1.4.4-1 /usr/share/X11/XKeysymDB missing
The XKeysymDB file has been removed upstream since libX11 1.3.6, see [1]
The data which would have been read from it is now built into libX11.
> The FAQ has some references to XKeysymDB which are confusing given
> it's omission from 1.4.4-1, and had me wondering is the Xterm input
> issues I was seeing were related to the lack of this file.
>
> If XKeysymDB is missing by design, then probably the FAQ should note
> this where it talks about XKeysymDB
Yes, the FAQ probably needs some updating. It's still possible to set the
XKEYSYMDB environment variable, although this is probably of extremely limited
usefulness.
[1]
http://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/lib/libX11/commit/?id=50b4b07073bd46cbef3627c160a240bd2a2b99d5
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