[Vectorlinux-devel] X Configuration

[hanumizzle <han...@gm...>]

These questions (pretty important) didn't get answered on the board,
so I am asking it here:

I have **more or less** squared away the first four basic VASM apps I
decided to write (we still have weird segfault problems with the menu
translators, but I'm working on that, too). Most of it is gravy from
here on in, but, being a hacker, I wanted to take on the tricky parts
first. To that end, I will be moving to the X configuration program
next. I gave up on the idea of writing an actual grammar for the file,
and instead will use the Perl Way(tm): lots of regexes. It seems the
most pragmatic thing to do.

However, I have run into a couple questions, mostly involving keyboards:

* I know jack about X keyboard configuration. Every time I needed to
input i18n text (German and Devanagari scripts, basically), I did it
in Emacs or Yudit. Arey! Any help on the architecture of X keyboard
support?
* How should I integrate console keyboard support with X keyboard
support? Or should I let them be separate?
* I've heard complaints about getting foreign keyboard layouts to
work. I believe they should Just Work(tm). How did you solve your
problems?
* Any unusual hardware quirks I should take into account? I know (as
of Xorg 6.8.2) that Via Unichrome cards are not supported by the 'via'
driver, and that they need the 'vesa' driver to work properly. More
recent versions of Xorg have built-in Unichrome support
* cdialog configuration of X is sufficient, yes? I don't think having
a GUI version is really necessary.

Any other special requests...?