[Qemu-devel] [PATCH] Work around VNC clients that do not transmit shifts for uppercase characters

[Anthony Liguori]

The spec isn't really clear about what a client should do.  This patch 
is needed for RealVNC clients (at least).

Regards,
Anthony Liguori
# HG changeset patch
# User Anthony Liguori <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
# Node ID 8a71740fc36fcaf97e126e581847983cb2a4324d
# Parent  a9314fc39a5e3d78d80d385f560c922c3ce0e82b
Fix for VNC clients that do not send Shift's for uppercase characters

diff -r a9314fc39a5e -r 8a71740fc36f vnc.c
--- a/vnc.c     Sun Apr 30 19:04:17 2006 -0500
+++ b/vnc.c     Sun Apr 30 23:12:48 2006 -0500
@@ -591,11 +591,11 @@ static void pointer_event(VncState *vs, 
     }
 }
 
-static void key_event(VncState *vs, int down, uint32_t sym)
+static void key_event_post(kbd_layout_t *kbd_layout, int down, uint32_t sym)
 {
     int keycode;
 
-    keycode = keysym2scancode(vs->kbd_layout, sym & 0xFFFF);
+    keycode = keysym2scancode(kbd_layout, sym & 0xFFFF);
 
     if (keycode & 0x80)
        kbd_put_keycode(0xe0);
@@ -603,6 +603,22 @@ static void key_event(VncState *vs, int 
        kbd_put_keycode(keycode & 0x7f);
     else
        kbd_put_keycode(keycode | 0x80);
+}
+
+static void key_event(VncState *vs, int down, uint32_t sym)
+{
+
+    if (sym >= 'A' && sym <= 'Z') {
+       sym = (sym - 'A') + 'a';
+       if (down) {
+           key_event_post(vs->kbd_layout, 1, 0xffe1);
+           key_event_post(vs->kbd_layout, 1, sym);
+           key_event_post(vs->kbd_layout, 0, 0xffe1);
+           return;
+       }
+    }
+
+    key_event_post(vs->kbd_layout, down, sym);
 }
 
 static void framebuffer_update_request(VncState *vs, int incremental,
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