Re: [hackers] [st] [PATCH] move key-matching functions into x.c

From: Devin J. Pohly <djpohly_AT_gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 11 Oct 2017 22:08:15 -0500

On Wed, Oct 11, 2017 at 12:49:20PM -0400, Gary Allen Vollink wrote:
> IMO, key behavior has everything to do with terminal behavior, and
> nothing to do with X.

"Nothing to do with X" is a pretty strong statement for code that
uses KeySyms, Mod*Mask, and the hardcoded keysym values 0xFD00..0xFFFF,
and which is called exclusively from the handler for the X KeyPress
event. :)

I could see not wanting to move the *entire* function... say, leave
DECPAM/DECCKM tests in the terminal module, and map KeySyms to byte
strings in the X module. What I don't see is a way of doing that which
is equally simple and still removes st.c's dependence on X types. (If
you have an idea, fire away!)

> I think it makes supporting something other than X (at some point)
> harder instead of easier.

My intuition says the opposite, that excising X-specific types and
values from st.c should make it easier to reuse st.c for things which
are not X. Of course, we could always re-refactor if that turns out not
to be the case. :)

*dp


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