[Wayland-bugs] [Bug 90735] Touchpad does not feel "right", acceleration issue

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https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=90735

--- Comment #9 from Peter Hutterer <peter.hutterer at who-t.net> ---
(In reply to Britt Yazel from comment #6)
> Also, there is only a single
> slider in the X11 version of Gnome, but I can get my touchpad working
> fantastic there. What exactly is that slider doing that the libinput one
> isn't?

https://github.com/GNOME/gnome-settings-daemon/blob/master/plugins/mouse/gsd-mouse-manager.c#L448
good luck figuring it out :) I should also note that the xserver's ptraccel
code doesn't take those numbers unchanged either.

> And a last little quirk is that if the slider is in fact a acceleration
> curve adjustment option in Gnome-Control-Center, having it called "pointer
> speed" seems a bit weird. For me speed=velocity as far as cursor adjustments
> are concerned. You might not have any leverage over with the folks at the
> gnome camp, but if it is in fact a universal slider for both
> acceleration/velocity/whatever else, maybe calling it "pointer response"
> could be a little less counter intuitive. If you agree, perhaps you could
> ask one of them to change that lol.

If you know the difference between acceleration, velocity, etc. then you're
IT-literate enough that it shouldn't matter :) for anyone else not calling it
speed will be quite confusing.

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