path: root/src/input/x11FakeKeyboardHandler.h

/*
 # Copyright (c) 2009 - OpenSLX Project, Computer Center University of Freiburg
 #
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 # See http://openslx.org/COPYING
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 # --------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # x11FakeKeyboardHandler.h:
 #  - Handle keyboard events on X11 - interface
 # --------------------------------------------------------------------------
 */

#ifndef X11FAKEKEYBOARDHANDLER_H_
#define X11FAKEKEYBOARDHANDLER_H_

#include "inputEventHandler.h"

/**
 * Send keyboard events via the XTest extension.
 * This is unbelievably brittle in the face of non-system-standard keyboard
 * mappings. Every Linux distribution seems to set up XTest handling in
 * a different way. The code goes out of its way to find a usable mapping
 * and use it.
 */
class X11FakeKeyboardHandler : public InputEventHandler<
	input_policy::Match<InputEvent::ET_KEY, InputEvent::EC_PRESS>,
	input_policy::Match<InputEvent::ET_KEY, InputEvent::EC_RELEASE>,
	input_policy::Require<input_policy::X11GUI>,
	input_policy::Unprivileged>
{
public:
	void doHandle(InputEvent const&, InputEventContext const* = 0);
	void initialize();
};

#endif /* X11FAKEKEYBOARDHANDLER_H_ */