[PATCH] xfree86: update man page for special keys handling.
Alan Coopersmith
Alan.Coopersmith at Sun.COM
Mon Dec 14 09:05:02 PST 2009
Reviewed-by: Alan Coopersmith <alan.coopersmith at sun.com>
(Ignore my comment on previous patch, since I see now that this covers it.)
-alan-
Peter Hutterer wrote:
> SpecialKeyHandling was removed from the kbd driver with version 1.4.0. Since
> this is the only version that will build against server 1.7+ it's not
> reasonable to mention it in the man page. Reword, point to XKB instead and
> make clear that some key combinations _may_ not be available in any given
> config.
>
> Reported-by: Derek Fawcus
> Signed-off-by: Peter Hutterer <peter.hutterer at who-t.net>
> ---
> hw/xfree86/doc/man/Xorg.man.pre | 16 +++++-----------
> 1 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/hw/xfree86/doc/man/Xorg.man.pre b/hw/xfree86/doc/man/Xorg.man.pre
> index 98a9590..bb5a14f 100644
> --- a/hw/xfree86/doc/man/Xorg.man.pre
> +++ b/hw/xfree86/doc/man/Xorg.man.pre
> @@ -421,18 +421,12 @@ The
> .B __xservername__
> server is normally configured to recognize various special combinations
> of key presses that instruct the server to perform some action, rather
> -than just sending the key press event to a client application. The
> -default XKEYBOARD keymap defines the key combinations listed below.
> -The kbd (__drivermansuffix__) driver also has these key combinations
> -builtin to its event handler
> -for cases where the XKEYBOARD extension is not being used. When using
> -the XKEYBOARD extension, which key combinations perform which actions
> -is completely configurable.
> +than just sending the key press event to a client application. These actions
> +depend on the XKB keymap loaded by a particular keyboard device and may or
> +may not be available on a given configuration.
> .PP
> -The special combinations of key presses recognized directly
> -by
> -.B __xservername__
> -are:
> +The following key combinations are commonly part of the default XKEYBOARD
> +keymap.
> .TP 8
> .B Ctrl+Alt+Backspace
> Immediately kills the server -- no questions asked. It can be disabled by
--
-Alan Coopersmith- alan.coopersmith at sun.com
Sun Microsystems, Inc. - X Window System Engineering
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