input device support in xserver
Warren Turkal
wt@midsouth.rr.com
Sun, 15 Feb 2004 10:08:34 -0600
Alex Deucher wrote:
> --- Warren Turkal <wt@midsouth.rr.com> wrote:
>> Xinput Extension Extension
>>
>> While Xi handles all of the input events that most devices
>> could generate, it does not address the issue of hotplug. Two
>> general problems come up with the addition of hotplug to the
>> Xi specification:
>> 1. how to notify apps of input device changes
>> 2. how to retain backward compatibility while moving forward
>> gracefully
>>
>
> We should also consider a way to get feedback to/from the input device
> on the fly for things like calibration and force feedback.
And configuration, I should think.
wt
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