AW: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Shadow Framebuffer Test 16

["Palic, Darko" <darko dot palic at gmx dot de>]

Hello Harold,

I tested your Version 16, but my german key Alt-Gr/Alt-R won´t run!
I used the xmodmap.de published by Alexander.

regards,
Darko

>
> I just posted Test 16 to my usual announcement page:
> http://www.msu.edu/~huntharo/xwin/shadow/
>
> Changes
> 1) ASCII scan codes are now used for key presses instead of
> 	Windows virtual key codes.  Alexander Gottwald
> 	pointed out that I was mistaken in my assumption
> 	that virtual key codes would make Cygwin/XFree86
> 	more compatible with foreign keyboards.  Quite the
> 	contrary of my assumptions, ASCII scan codes are
> 	desired because they allow non-U.S. keyboard users
> 	to use existing modmaps.  I believe that all keys,
> 	excepting AltGr, should return the correct scan code.
> 	AltGr returns the correct scan code, I believe, but it
> 	still has a problem with the ghost Control_L press/release.
> 2) Failed blits no longer result in a call to FatalError.
> 	Failed blits are essentially ignored.  However, Ctrl-Alt-Del
> 	handling is a little strange, because you have to press
> 	and release the Alt key when the server regains focus
> 	after pressing Ctrl-Alt-Del; failing to do so will cause
> 	your mouse clicks and key presses to be ignored.
> 3) xc/programs/Xserver/Imakefile has been cleaned up and the
> 	circular dependency warning has been fixed.
> 4) Keyboard related functions have been moved from
> 	InitInput.c and winwndproc.c to a new file
> 	called winkeybd.c.
> 5) Mouse related funtions have been moved from
> 	InitInput.c to a new file called winmouse.c.
> 6) winUpdateFBPointer has been moved from winwndproc.c
> 	to winmisc.c.
> 6) winkeymap.h has been removed.  XFree86's standard key map
> 	header and AT key names header are used in its place;
> 	those headers are xf86Keymap.h and atKeynames.h,
> 	both located in xc/programs/Xserver/hw/xfree86/common/.
> 7) Several definitions in win.h that mirrored defintions in
> 	xf86Keymap.h and atKeynames.h have been removed.
> 8) Removed lots of #if 0'd code.
> 9) Got the winScreenInit/winFinishScreenInit division of labor
> 	working.
> 10) Removed some debugging messages, placed them within
> 	if (failed)... blocks.
> 11) Engine 8 (Primary framebuffer DirectDraw) has gone
> 	undocumented.  It is still there, but it is no longer
> 	reported in the usage message.  From here on I won't be
> 	supporting engine 8, nor will I be expecting/handling bug
> 	reports for it.
>
> Let me know how those non-U.S. keyboards work,
>
> Harold
>