libX11: Changes to 'master'

[Julien Cristau]

On Tue, Apr 10, 2012 at 17:56:47 +0200, Pander wrote:

> Could you please apply that one already so it is of the list and we
> discuss the rest below? THanks.
> 
Please send it properly (such as with git send-email) with a commit
message, and I'll do that.

> I would still argue for reverting some of the
> > new sequences added in cf040016d455bc37f7665d6714337c5eafd8ea94 though,
> > e.g. for ¥, §, ¤, ² and so on (I've only looked at the top of the diff).
> 
> From:
> 
> http://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/lib/libX11/commit/nls/en_US.UTF-8/Compose.pre?id=cf040016d455bc37f7665d6714337c5eafd8ea94
> 
> We already threw out several redundant gtk+/GNOME compose sequences for
> ¤, ¥ and § that were a bit over the top, there mainly 'o' was replaced
> by a '0' (zero) in additional sequences..
> 
> ¤ does indeed not really need XO, OX, oX, Xo, Ox and xO variations in
> the added compose sequences. These new six sequences are for me not
> important but are available in gtk+/GNOME. I'm OK with removing:
>   XO
>   OX
>   oX
>   Xo
>   Ox
>   xO
> 
> For ¥, I would argue to keep the added upper case Y combinations that
> have been added because the shape of glyph looks like an upper case Y.
> And also the added lower case sequences to support = and -. For §, a
> similar reasoning.
> 
I'm not sure I follow that reasoning, and I don't think those sequences
add any value, but I'm tired of arguing so I guess ok.

> For ², ³, µ, etc. keep at least the lower case sequences, also the
> reverse sequences. On the upper case 2S, S2, 3S, S3, U/ and /U I have
> the same argument as on ¤ above. Doubtful but available in gtk+/GNOME.
> I'm OK with removing:
>   2S
>   S2
>   3S
>   S3
>   U/
>   /U
> 
> > Also you added some sequences like '<Multi_key> <$letter> <minus>'
> > sometimes for '$letter with tilde', and sometimes for '$letter with
> > macron', or '$letter with stroke'.  For keysyms that already had
> > existing sequences, and where the new ones don't seem to add much
> > benefit as far as I can tell.
> 
> You mean the ã, Ã, ñ, Ñ, õ and Õ created from letter + minus. These are
> also not important to me. If you all insist I am OK with replacing:
>   a-
>   -a
>   A-
>   -A
>   o-
>   -o
>   O-
>   -O
> with sequences resulting in āĀōŌ conform the current series and removing:
>   n-
>   -n
>   N-
>   -N
> 
Thanks.

Cheers,
Julien