[RFC] libinputmapper: Input device configuration for graphic-servers

Bill Spitzak spitzak at gmail.com
Thu May 16 10:48:06 PDT 2013


David Herrmann wrote:

> /**
> * @INMAP_CAP_ACCELEROMETER
> * Accelerometer interface
> *
> * Accelerometer devices report linear acceleration data as ABS_X/Y/Z
> * and rotational acceleration as ABS_RX/Y/Z.
> *
> * @TODO this collides with ABS_X/Y of absolute pointing devices
> *       introduce ABS_ACCELX/Y/Z
> */

If actual position is called "ABS_X" and the first derivative is called 
"REL_X", then it does not make sense for the second derivative to be 
called "ABS" again. The events should be called ACCEL_X or REL_REL_X or 
REL2_X.


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