Re: XEvie

[Li Yuan <Li Yuan Sun COM>]

XEvIE has not been maintained for some time. I remember it doesn't work
now. at-spi2 can intercept keyboard/mouse events through atk-adaptor.

Li

On Wed, 2010-02-10 at 12:55 +0100, Patrick Welche wrote:
> While trying to sort out configure.ac in at-spi2-core, I came across
> 
>   http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/XEvIE
> 
> XEvIE - X Event Interception Extension
> 
>    XEvIE is a X extension providing functionalities to allow users
>    intercept keyboard/mouse events.
> 
> About XEvIE
> ...
>    It has been suggested that this extension should not be used because it
>    is broken and maintainerless.
> ...
>      * XEvIE is integrated in HEAD and was shipped with X ORG 6.8. It is
>        disabled by default.
>      * XEvIE has been removed from HEAD on Wed Oct 22:
> 
> 
> at-spi2-core only cares about XEvIE in registryd/deviceeventcontroller.c.
> 
> I don't about the history of XEvIE nor how it is used - should at-spi2 use
> it?
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Patrick
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