Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 3/3] qapi: convert sendkey

[Eric Blake]

On 05/24/2012 09:32 PM, Amos Kong wrote:
> Convert 'sendkey' to use. do_sendkey() depends on some variables
> in monitor.c, so reserve qmp_sendkey() to monitor.c
> Rename 'string' to 'keys', rename 'hold_time' to 'hold-time'
> 
> Signed-off-by: Amos Kong <address@hidden>

> +##
> +# @sendkey:
> +#
> +# Send keys to VM.
> +#
> +# @keys: key sequence
> +# @hold-time: time to delay key up events
> +#
> +# Returns: Nothing on success
> +#          If key is unknown or redundant, QERR_INVALID_PARAMETER
> +#          If key is invalid, QERR_INVALID_PARAMETER_VALUE
> +#
> +# Notes: Send @var{keys} to the emulator. @var{keys} could be the name of the
> +#        key or the raw value in either decimal or hexadecimal  format. Use
> +#        @code{-} to press several keys simultaneously.
> +#
> +# Since: 0.14.0
> +##
> +{ 'command': 'sendkey', 'data': {'keys': 'str', '*hold-time': 'int'} }

Rather than making 'keys' a free-form string where qemu then has to
parse '-' to separate keys, should we instead make it a JSON array?  For
example,

{ "execute":"sendky", "data":{ "keys":["ctrl", "alt", "del"],
"hold-time":200 } }

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Eric Blake   address@hidden    +1-919-301-3266
Libvirt virtualization library http://libvirt.org

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