extended input model

[Kristian Høgsberg]

The wl_seat interface is designed so that we can introduce more
specific device types in the future.  The wl_seat sends out a
"capabilities" event that describe which devices are available for
that seat.  As of today, we have pointer, keyboard and touch, but it's
designed to we can add new device classes later on.

It's also possible to just add an extension to expose the Pen device
type and just run with that, if you don't mind patching weston to
expose that.

Kristian

On Fri, Jul 27, 2012 at 12:30 PM, Steve Mason <steve at obscuradigital.com> wrote:
> What would the idiomatic method be for handling extended input types like
> Pens and other things? Currently it appears that the Wayland protocol is
> only designed to handle generic touch and mouse events. We are considering
> using Wayland as the foundation for a project but we need to have the
> ability to distinguish between more exotic input types.
>
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> Steve Mason
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