Re: [Qemu-devel] [RFC PATCH v2 0/6] Support to change VNC keyboard layout dynamically

[Gerd Hoffmann]

  Hi,

> Hum.. Now, I encountered this situation that the common clienteles just use
> tightvnc client, but want to change keymap dynamically. As you say,
> the only way address this scenario is doing it on the server side. So,
> do you think this patch series make sense and consider to accept it
> in upstream? Thanks!

The alternatives are:

 * Try figure why they are using tightvnc.  Do they simply don't know
   there are other vnc clients such as remote-viewer with much better
   keyboard support?  Did they try other clients and want stick to
   tightvnc nevertheless?  If so, what are the reasons?

 * Try add raw scancode extension support to tightvnc (or the
   http://tigervnc.org/ fork).

I see server-side keymap switching as last ressort if all other
approaches failed, simply because the manual keymap configuration needed
on the server side is error-prone and a pretty bad user experience.

cheers,
  Gerd