X-Git-Url: http://review.tizen.org/git/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=README.md;h=b36e3cf005c7b04b5d7ff35a969f918b0ffb8a0c;hb=399aa888e0e5b2fc37bde5ec002211094f0c0448;hp=9aab641db57db88c5e4acf61ba57e65044493c7d;hpb=ccc3415edd036be24bae3c7c3a615e04bdcebbaf;p=platform%2Fupstream%2Flibxkbcommon.git diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 9aab641..b36e3cf 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -1,37 +1,43 @@ # libxkbcommon libxkbcommon is a keyboard keymap compiler and support library which -processes a reduced subset of keymaps as defined by the XKB (X Keyboard +processes a reduced subset of keymaps as defined by the [XKB] \(X Keyboard Extension) specification. It also contains a module for handling Compose -and dead keys. +and dead keys and a separate library for listing available keyboard layouts. + +[XKB]: doc/introduction-to-xkb.md ## Quick Guide -See [Quick Guide](doc/quick-guide.md). +See [Introduction to XKB][XKB] to learn the essentials of XKB. + +See [Quick Guide](doc/quick-guide.md) for an introduction on how to use this +library. ## Building libxkbcommon is built with [Meson](http://mesonbuild.com/): - meson build - ninja -C build + meson setup build + meson compile -C build + meson test -C build # Run the tests. To build for use with Wayland, you can disable X11 support while still using the X11 keyboard configuration resource files thusly: - meson build \ + meson setup build \ -Denable-x11=false \ -Dxkb-config-root=/usr/share/X11/xkb \ -Dx-locale-root=/usr/share/X11/locale - ninja -C build + meson compile -C build ## API While libxkbcommon's API is somewhat derived from the classic XKB API as found -in X11/extensions/XKB.h and friends, it has been substantially reworked to +in `X11/extensions/XKB.h` and friends, it has been substantially reworked to expose fewer internal details to clients. -See the [API Documentation](http://xkbcommon.org/doc/current/modules.html). +See the [API Documentation](https://xkbcommon.org/doc/current/modules.html). ## Dataset @@ -39,35 +45,33 @@ libxkbcommon does not distribute a keymap dataset itself, other than for testing purposes. The most common dataset is xkeyboard-config, which is used by all current distributions for their X11 XKB data. More information on xkeyboard-config is available here: - http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/XKeyboardConfig + https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/XKeyboardConfig The dataset for Compose is distributed in libX11, as part of the X locale data. ## Relation to X11 -See [Compatibility](doc/compat.md) notes. +See [Compatibility](doc/compatibility.md) notes. ## Development An extremely rudimentary homepage can be found at - http://xkbcommon.org + https://xkbcommon.org xkbcommon is maintained in git at https://github.com/xkbcommon/libxkbcommon Patches are always welcome, and may be sent to either or -or through github. +or in a [GitHub](https://github.com/xkbcommon/libxkbcommon) pull request. -Bug reports are also welcome, and may be filed either at - Bugzilla https://bugs.freedesktop.org/describecomponents.cgi?product=libxkbcommon -or - Github https://github.com/xkbcommon/libxkbcommon/issues +Bug reports (and usage questions) are also welcome, and may be filed at +[GitHub](https://github.com/xkbcommon/libxkbcommon/issues). The maintainers are - Daniel Stone -- Ran Benita +- Ran Benita ## Credits