XKeysymDB missing ?

XKeysymDB missing ?

[Scott Merrilees]

package libX11_6/libX11_6-1.3.3-1  /usr/share/X11/XKeysymDB present
package libX11_6/libX11_6-1.4.4-1 /usr/share/X11/XKeysymDB missing

The FAQ has some references to XKeysymDB which are confusing given
it's omission from 1.4.4-1, and had me wondering is the Xterm input
issues I was seeing were related to the lack of this file.

If XKeysymDB is missing by design, then probably the FAQ should note
this where it talks about XKeysymDB
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Scott Merrilees

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Re: XKeysymDB missing ?

[Jon TURNEY]

On 15/06/2012 02:46, Scott Merrilees wrote:
> package libX11_6/libX11_6-1.3.3-1  /usr/share/X11/XKeysymDB present
> package libX11_6/libX11_6-1.4.4-1 /usr/share/X11/XKeysymDB missing

The XKeysymDB file has been removed upstream since libX11 1.3.6, see [1]

The data which would have been read from it is now built into libX11.

> The FAQ has some references to XKeysymDB which are confusing given
> it's omission from 1.4.4-1, and had me wondering is the Xterm input
> issues I was seeing were related to the lack of this file.
> 
> If XKeysymDB is missing by design, then probably the FAQ should note
> this where it talks about XKeysymDB

Yes, the FAQ probably needs some updating.  It's still possible to set the
XKEYSYMDB environment variable, although this is probably of extremely limited
usefulness.

[1]
http://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/lib/libX11/commit/?id=50b4b07073bd46cbef3627c160a240bd2a2b99d5

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