Re: [patch 0/2] vdagent KEYVAL extension

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----- Original Message -----
> > > So what happens if you connect to a VM from client with different
> > > keyboard layout than specified inside the VM?
> > 
> > Just like with a guest, Spice sends hw scancode, and it's converted by the
> > server/application side.
> 
> Ok, I will try to explain the problem again.
> 
> Spice/qemu currently assumes that the keymap on the remote keyboard has the
> same
> keymap as the keyboard configured inside the VM. This assumption is simply
> wrong
> in many situations.
> 
> Example: german keymap at client, us keymap inside VM
> 
> If I connect using remote-viewer and press key 'Z', I finally get an 'Y'
> inside the VM.
> 
> This behavior is simply a bug, and I would like to fix that.
> 
> But further discussions makes no sense if you think this is correct behavior?

The current behaviour makes sense, because Spice is meant for lower level than what you need for spice-term.

For spiceterm you can either map the keyboard, like the rest of the existing spice server do, or we can add an extension to the protocol.
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