Release Notes for X11R7.1 : Summary of new features in X11R7.1
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2. Summary of new features in X11R7.1

This is a sampling of the new features in X11R7.1. A more complete list of changes can be found in the ChangeLog file that is part of the X source tree.

2.1. Updated keyboard mappings

The requirement for XKB data can, in the modular tree, be satisfied either by the traditional data set (the 'xkbdata' module), or by the dataset from the xkeyboard-config project (the 'xkbdesc' module). xkbdesc has numerous improvements relative to xkbdata: layouts have been cleaned up for consistency and universal multi-layout support, some new layouts have added, and some layouts have changed names to be more straightforward and ISO compliant. Some setups will need adjustments in order to use xkbdesc. It is now strongly encouraged for all distributions to migrate to xkbdesc.

2.2. Video driver enhancements

Please see the ChangeLog files for individual drivers; there are far too many updates to list here.


Release Notes for X11R7.1 : Summary of new features in X11R7.1
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