Re: [rfc] keytables - the new keycode->keysym mapping

[Andries Brouwer]

On Wed, Feb 16, 2005 at 07:20:35PM +0100, Jirka Bohac wrote:

> Now ... are there any more suggestions for any of the patches?

For the time being I look only at the diacr for unicode part.
The fragment below looks like a strange kludge.

> -	if (diacr)
> -		value = handle_diacr(vc, value);
> +	if (diacr) {
> +		v = handle_diacr(vc, value);
> +
> +		if (kbd->kbdmode == VC_UNICODE) {
> +			to_utf8(vc, v & 0xFFFF);
> +			return;
> +		}
> +
> +		/* 
> +		 * this makes at least latin-1 compose chars work 
> +		 * even when using unicode keymap in non-unicode mode
> +		 */
> +		value = v & 0xFF; 
> +	}
>  
>  	if (dead_key_next) {
>  		dead_key_next = 0;
> @@ -637,7 +652,7 @@
>  {
>  	if (up_flag)
>  		return;
> -	diacr = (diacr ? handle_diacr(vc, value) : value);
> +	diacr = (diacr ? handle_diacr(vc, value) & 0xff : value);

I see twice "& 0xff" but why?
I think this is broken.

Maybe the above "return" is broken as well. The original code
was good, so the only change should be to transport more than 8 bits.

Andries
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