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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