exclude programs from input device grabs

[Peter Hutterer]

On Wed, Jan 07, 2009 at 02:55:58PM +0000, Patrick Sebastian Zimmermann wrote:
> I'd like to program a mechanism for the xserver that allows certain
> programs to recieve input events even when they are grabbed by another
> program. This would allow X keygrabbers to work even when other
> programs grabbed the keyboard (eg. most programs when having a menu
> open, and most games).

XEvIE probably was the closest thing here. Except that it was broken and
removed recently. A reimplementation on top of the new input code probably
won't be frowned upon.
 
Cheers,
  Peter