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+Test protocol for keyboard handling
+===================================
+
+Platform specific tests/issues are marked with [].
+
+Client
+------
+
+- Normal symbols:
+
+ - ASCII characters
+ - Latin 1 character
+ - Unicode BMP characters
+ - Unicode non-BMP characters
+
+- Dead keys:
+
+ - Grave
+ - Acute
+ - Circumflex
+ - Tilde
+ - Macron
+ - Breve
+ - Dot above
+ - Diaeresis
+ - Ring above
+ - Double acute
+ - Caron
+ - Cedilla
+ - Ogonek
+ - Ypogegrammeni
+ - Katakana voiced mark
+ - Katakana semi-voiced mark
+ - Dialytika tonos
+ - FIXME: Many more that we currently probably don't support
+
+ - No composition on client
+
+- Modifiers:
+
+ - CapsLock, NumLock (sent but ignored by server)
+ - Shift, Ctrl
+ - Alt, AltGr, Super [Win, X11] (FIXME: AltGr broken on Win)
+ - Left/right identification (FIXME: broken for Shift on Win)
+ - CmdL => AltL, CmdR => SuperL, AltL => ModeSwitch, AltR => Level3Shift [Mac]
+ - Meta and Hyper sends Super [X11]
+
+ - CapsLock, Shift and AltGr affect symbol lookup
+ - NumLock affects symbol lookup [Win, X11]
+ - Ctrl does not affect symbol lookup
+ - Shift inverts NumLock behaviour [X11]
+ - Shift turns NumLock off, but not on [Win] (FIXME: fake Shifts also sent)
+ - CtrlL+AltR fake release [Win]
+ - Ctrl+Alt+any (note behaviour above though)
+ - Ctrl+AltGr+any (FIXME: broken on Win)
+ - "Shift press, A press, Shift release, A release" should not send "a release"
+
+- Numpad:
+
+ - Numpad specific symbols are sent
+ - Affected by NumLock
+ - Decimal key should send Decimal for layouts with . as a symbol, and
+ Separator for layouts with , as a symbol
+
+- Multimedia keys:
+
+ - Back, Forward, Refresh, Stop
+ - HomePage, Search, Favourites
+ - Mail, Calculator
+ - Volume up, down, mute
+ - Media next, previous, stop, play
+ - Sleep
+ - FIXME: probably more keys exist
+
+- Non-character keys:
+
+ - F1-F24
+ - Tab, Space, Backspace, Return
+ - LeftTab sends Tab
+ - Esc, PrntScrn, ScrollLock, Pause
+ - Insert, Delete, Home, End, PageUp, PageDown
+ - Arrow keys
+ - Menu
+
+- French layout (AZERTY and inverted shift behaviour for many keys)
+
+- Key repeat should not send repeated release events
+
+- Keys are released on loss of focus
+
+- Local layout changes are respected
+
+- Local input methods are disabled/enabled with focus
+
+- System keys should be grabbed in full screen
+
+ The exact keys depends on the system and configuration, but it
+ is usually variants of these:
+
+ - Alt+Tab
+ - Super (and Super+other)
+ - Multimedia keys
+ - Ctrl+Alt+Delete
+ - Ctrl+Esc
+ - F8-F12
+
+- Virtual keyboard (as much of the above as is possible)