[PATCH v7 wayland-protocols] Add the tablet protocol

Jason Gerecke killertofu at gmail.com
Sat Mar 12 00:12:55 UTC 2016


On 03/08/2016 10:10 PM, Peter Hutterer wrote:
> Signed-off-by: Peter Hutterer <peter.hutterer at who-t.net>
> Reviewed-by: Daniel Stone <daniels at collabora.com>
> Reviewed-by: Jonas Ådahl <jadahl at gmail.com>
> ---
> Changes to v6:
> - a bunch of typos/grammar fixes
> - clarified the "down" event on enter
> - clarified the "up" event, specifically: the up event isn't sent when the
>   tool leaves the input region but rather when the compositor deems it's up
> 
>  Makefile.am                            |   1 +
>  unstable/tablet/README                 |   4 +
>  unstable/tablet/tablet-unstable-v1.xml | 637 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  3 files changed, 642 insertions(+)
>  create mode 100644 unstable/tablet/README
>  create mode 100644 unstable/tablet/tablet-unstable-v1.xml
> 
> diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
> index 57d0023..a7f838b 100644
> --- a/Makefile.am
> +++ b/Makefile.am
> @@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ unstable_protocols =								\
>  	unstable/xdg-shell/xdg-shell-unstable-v5.xml				\
>  	unstable/relative-pointer/relative-pointer-unstable-v1.xml		\
>  	unstable/pointer-constraints/pointer-constraints-unstable-v1.xml	\
> +	unstable/tablet/tablet-unstable-v1.xml			                \
>  	$(NULL)
>  
>  stable_protocols =								\
> diff --git a/unstable/tablet/README b/unstable/tablet/README
> new file mode 100644
> index 0000000..7ba8e77
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/unstable/tablet/README
> @@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
> +Tablet protocol
> +
> +Maintainers:
> +Peter Hutterer <peter.hutterer at who-t.net>
> diff --git a/unstable/tablet/tablet-unstable-v1.xml b/unstable/tablet/tablet-unstable-v1.xml
> new file mode 100644
> index 0000000..8e3ab6f
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/unstable/tablet/tablet-unstable-v1.xml
> @@ -0,0 +1,637 @@
> +<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
> +<protocol name="tablet_unstable_v1">
> +  <copyright>
> +    Copyright 2014 © Stephen "Lyude" Chandler Paul
> +    Copyright 2015-2016 © Red Hat, Inc.
> +
> +    Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person
> +    obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files
> +    (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction,
> +    including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge,
> +    publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software,
> +    and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so,
> +    subject to the following conditions:
> +
> +    The above copyright notice and this permission notice (including the
> +    next paragraph) shall be included in all copies or substantial
> +    portions of the Software.
> +
> +    THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND,
> +    EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF
> +    MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND
> +    NONINFRINGEMENT.  IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS
> +    BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN
> +    ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN
> +    CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
> +    SOFTWARE.
> +  </copyright>
> +  <description summary="Wayland protocol for graphics tablets">
> +    This description provides a high-level overview of the interplay between
> +    the interfaces defined this protocol. For details, see the protocol
> +    specification.
> +
> +    More than one tablet may exist, and device-specifics matter. Tablets are
> +    not represented by a single virtual device like wl_pointer. A client
> +    binds to the tablet manager object which is just a proxy object. From
> +    that, the client requests wp_tablet_manager.get_tablet_seat(wl_seat)
> +    and that returns the actual interface that has all the tablets. With
> +    this indirection, we can avoid merging wp_tablet into the actual wayland
> +    protocol, a long-term benefit.
> +
> +    The wp_tablet_seat sends a "tablet added" event for each tablet
> +    connected. That event is followed by descriptive events about the
> +    hardware; currently that includes events for name, vid/pid and
> +    a wp_tablet.path event that describes a local path. This path can be
> +    used to uniquely identify a tablet or get more information through
> +    libwacom. Emulated or nested tablets can skip any of those, e.g. a
> +    virtual tablet may not have a vid/pid. The sequence of descriptive
> +    events is terminated by a wp_tablet.done event to signal that a client
> +    may now finalize any initialization for that tablet.
> +
> +    Events from tablets require a tool in proximity. Tools are also managed
> +    by the tablet seat; a "tool added" event is sent whenever a tool is new
> +    to the compositor. That event is followed by a number of descriptive
> +    events about the hardware; currently that includes capabilities,
> +    hardware id and serial number, and tool type. Similar to the tablet
> +    interface, a wp_tablet_tool.done event is sent to terminate that initial
> +    sequence.
> +
> +    Any event from a tool happens on the wp_tablet_tool interface. When the
> +    tool gets into proximity of the tablet, a proximity_in event is sent on
> +    the wp_tablet_tool interface, listing the tablet and the surface. That
> +    event is followed by a motion event with the coordinates. After that,
> +    it's the usual motion, axis, button, etc. events. The protocol's
> +    serialisation means events are grouped by wp_tablet_tool.frame events.
> +
> +    Two special events (that don't exist in X) are down and up. They signal
> +    "tip touching the surface". For tablets without real proximity
> +    detection, the sequence is: proximity_in, motion, down, frame.
> +
> +    When the tool leaves proximity, a proximity_out event is sent. If any
> +    button is still down, a button release event is sent before this
> +    proximity event. These button events are sent in the same frame as the
> +    proximity event to signal to the client that the buttons were held when
> +    the tool left proximity.
> +
> +    If the tool moves out of the surface but stays in proximity (i.e.
> +    between windows), compositor-specific grab policies apply. This usually
> +    means that the proximity-out is delayed until all buttons are released.
> +
> +    Moving a tool physically from one tablet to the other has no real effect
> +    on the protocol, since we already have the tool object from the "tool
> +    added" event. All the information is already there and the proximity
> +    events on both tablets are all a client needs to reconstruct what
> +    happened.
> +
> +    Some extra axes are normalized, i.e. the client knows the range as
> +    specified in the protocol (e.g. [0, 65535]), the granularity however is
> +    unknown. The current normalized axes are pressure, distance, and slider.
> +
> +    Other extra axes are in physical units as specified in the protocol.
> +    The current extra axes with physical units are tilt, rotation and
> +    wheel rotation.
> +
> +    Since tablets work independently of the pointer controlled by the mouse,
> +    the focus handling is independent too and controlled by proximity.
> +    The wp_tablet_tool.set_cursor request sets a tool-specific cursor.
> +    This cursor surface may be the same as the mouse cursor, and it may be
> +    the same across tools but it is possible to be more fine-grained. For
> +    example, a client may set different cursors for the pen and eraser.
> +
> +    Tools are generally independent of tablets and it is
> +    compositor-specific policy when a tool can be removed. Common approaches
> +    will likely include some form of removing a tool when all tablets the
> +    tool was used on are removed.
> +
> +    Warning! The protocol described in this file is experimental and
> +    backward incompatible changes may be made. Backward compatible changes
> +    may be added together with the corresponding interface version bump.
> +    Backward incompatible changes are done by bumping the version number in
> +    the protocol and interface names and resetting the interface version.
> +    Once the protocol is to be declared stable, the 'z' prefix and the
> +    version number in the protocol and interface names are removed and the
> +    interface version number is reset.
> +  </description>
> +  <interface name="zwp_tablet_manager_v1" version="1">
> +    <description summary="controller object for graphic tablet devices">
> +      An object that provides access to the graphics tablets available on this
> +      system. All tablets are associated with a seat, to get access to the
> +      actual tablets, use wp_tablet_manager.get_tablet_seat.
> +    </description>
> +
> +    <request name="get_tablet_seat">
> +      <description summary="get the tablet seat">
> +	Get the wp_tablet_seat object for the given seat. This object
> +	provides access to all graphics tablets in this seat.
> +      </description>
> +      <arg name="tablet_seat" type="new_id" interface="zwp_tablet_seat_v1"/>
> +      <arg name="seat" type="object" interface="wl_seat" summary="The wl_seat object to retrieve the tablets for" />
> +    </request>
> +
> +    <request name="destroy" type="destructor">
> +      <description summary="release the memory for the tablet manager object">
> +	Destroy the wp_tablet_manager object. Objects created from this
> +	object are unaffected and should be destroyed separately.
> +      </description>
> +    </request>
> +  </interface>
> +
> +  <interface name="zwp_tablet_seat_v1" version="1">
> +    <description summary="controller object for graphic tablet devices of a seat">
> +      An object that provides access to the graphics tablets available on this
> +      seat. After binding to this interface, the compositor sends a set of
> +      wp_tablet_seat.tablet_added and wp_tablet_seat.tool_added events.
> +    </description>
> +
> +    <request name="destroy" type="destructor">
> +      <description summary="release the memory for the tablet seat object">
> +	Destroy the wp_tablet_seat object. Objects created from this
> +	object are unaffected and should be destroyed separately.
> +      </description>
> +    </request>
> +
> +    <event name="tablet_added">
> +      <description summary="new device notification">
> +	This event is sent whenever a new tablet becomes available on this
> +	seat. This event only provides the object id of the tablet, any
> +	static information about the tablet (device name, vid/pid, etc.) is
> +	sent through the wp_tablet interface.
> +      </description>
> +      <arg name="id" type="new_id" interface="zwp_tablet_v1" summary="the newly added graphics tablet"/>
> +    </event>
> +
> +    <event name="tool_added">
> +      <description summary="a new tool has been used with a tablet">
> +	This event is sent whenever a tool that has not previously been used
> +	with a tablet comes into use. This event only provides the object id
> +	of the tool; any static information about the tool (capabilities,
> +	type, etc.) is sent through the wp_tablet_tool interface.
> +      </description>
> +      <arg name="id" type="new_id" interface="zwp_tablet_tool_v1" summary="the newly added tablet tool"/>
> +    </event>
> +  </interface>
> +
> +  <interface name="zwp_tablet_tool_v1" version="1">
> +    <description summary="a physical tablet tool">
> +      An object that represents a physical tool that has been, or is
> +      currently in use with a tablet in this seat. Each wp_tablet_tool
> +      object stays valid until the client destroys it; the compositor
> +      reuses the wp_tablet_tool object to indicate that the object's
> +      respective physical tool has come into proximity of a tablet again.
> +
> +      A wp_tablet_tool object's relation to a physical tool depends on the
> +      tablet's ability to report serial numbers. If the tablet supports
> +      this capability, then the object represents a specific physical tool
> +      and can be identified even when used on multiple tablets.
> +
> +      A tablet tool has a number of static characteristics, e.g. tool type,
> +      hardware_serial and capabilities. These capabilities are sent in an
> +      event sequence after the wp_tablet_seat.tool_added event before any
> +      actual events from this tool. This initial event sequence is
> +      terminated by a wp_tablet_tool.done event.
> +
> +      Tablet tool events are grouped by wp_tablet_tool.frame events.
> +      Any events received before a wp_tablet_tool.frame event should be
> +      considered part of the same hardware state change.
> +    </description>
> +
> +    <request name="set_cursor">
> +      <description summary="set the tablet tool's surface">
> +	Sets the surface of the cursor used for this tool on the given
> +	tablet. This request only takes effect if the tool is in proximity
> +	of one of the requesting client's surfaces or the surface parameter
> +	is the current pointer surface. If there was a previous surface set
> +	with this request it is replaced. If surface is NULL, the cursor
> +	image is hidden.
> +
> +	The parameters hotspot_x and hotspot_y define the position of the
> +	pointer surface relative to the pointer location. Its top-left corner
> +	is always at (x, y) - (hotspot_x, hotspot_y), where (x, y) are the
> +	coordinates of the pointer location, in surface local coordinates.
> +
> +	On surface.attach requests to the pointer surface, hotspot_x and
> +	hotspot_y are decremented by the x and y parameters passed to the
> +	request. Attach must be confirmed by wl_surface.commit as usual.
> +
> +	The hotspot can also be updated by passing the currently set pointer
> +	surface to this request with new values for hotspot_x and hotspot_y.
> +
> +	The current and pending input regions of the wl_surface are cleared,
> +	and wl_surface.set_input_region is ignored until the wl_surface is no
> +	longer used as the cursor. When the use as a cursor ends, the current
> +	and pending input regions become undefined, and the wl_surface is
> +	unmapped.
> +
> +	This request gives the surface the role of a cursor. The role
> +	assigned by this request is the same as assigned by
> +	wl_pointer.set_cursor meaning the same surface can be
> +	used both as a wl_pointer cursor and a wp_tablet cursor. If the
> +	surface already has another role, it raises a protocol error
> +	The surface may be used on multiple tablets and across multiple
> +	seats.
> +      </description>
> +      <arg name="serial" type="uint" summary="serial of the enter event"/>
> +      <arg name="surface" type="object" interface="wl_surface" allow-null="true"/>
> +      <arg name="hotspot_x" type="int" summary="x coordinate in surface-relative coordinates"/>
> +      <arg name="hotspot_y" type="int" summary="y coordinate in surface-relative coordinates"/>
> +    </request>
> +
> +    <request name="destroy" type="destructor">
> +      <description summary="destroy the tool object">
> +	This destroys the client's resource for this tool object.
> +      </description>
> +    </request>
> +
> +    <enum name="type">
> +      <description summary="a physical tool type">
> +	Describes the physical type of a tool. The physical type of a tool
> +	generally defines its base usage.
> +
> +	The mouse tool represents a mouse-shaped tool that is not a relative
> +	device but bound to the tablet's surface, providing absolute
> +	coordinates.
> +
> +	The lens tool is a mouse-shaped tool with an attached lens to
> +	provide precision focus.
> +      </description>
> +      <entry name="pen" value="0x140" summary="Pen"/>
> +      <entry name="eraser" value="0x141" summary="Eraser"/>
> +      <entry name="brush" value="0x142" summary="Brush"/>
> +      <entry name="pencil" value="0x143" summary="Pencil"/>
> +      <entry name="airbrush" value="0x144" summary="Airbrush"/>
> +      <entry name="finger" value="0x145" summary="Finger"/>
> +      <entry name="mouse" value="0x146" summary="Mouse"/>
> +      <entry name="lens" value="0x147" summary="Lens"/>
> +    </enum>
> +
> +    <event name="type">
> +      <description summary="tool type">
> +	The tool type is the high-level type of the tool and usually decides
> +	the interaction expected from this tool.
> +
> +	This event is sent in the initial burst of events before the
> +	wp_tablet_tool.done event.
> +      </description>
> +      <arg name="tool_type" type="uint" enum="type" summary="the physical tool type"/>
> +    </event>
> +
> +    <event name="hardware_serial">
> +      <description summary="unique hardware serial number of the tool">
> +	If the physical tool can be identified by a unique 64-bit serial
> +	number, this event notifies the client of this serial number.
> +
> +	If multiple tablets are available in the same seat and the tool is
> +	uniquely identifiable by the serial number, that tool may move
> +	between tablets.
> +
> +	Otherwise, if the tool has no serial number and this event is
> +	missing, the tool is tied to the tablet it first comes into
> +	proximity with. Even if the physical tool is used on multiple
> +	tablets, separate wp_tablet_tool objects will be created, one per
> +	tablet.
> +
> +	This event is sent in the initial burst of events before the
> +	wp_tablet_tool.done event.
> +      </description>
> +      <arg name="hardware_serial_hi" type="uint" summary="the unique serial number of the tool, most significant bits"/>
> +      <arg name="hardware_serial_lo" type="uint" summary="the unique serial number of the tool, least significant bits"/>
> +    </event>
> +
> +    <event name="hardware_id_wacom">
> +      <description summary="hardware id notification in Wacom's format">
> +	This event notifies the client of a hardware id available on this tool.
> +
> +	The hardware id is a device-specific 64-bit id that provides extra
> +	information about the tool in use, beyond the wl_tool.type
> +	enumeration. The format of the id is specific to tablets made by
> +	Wacom Inc. For example, the hardware id of a Wacom Grip
> +	Pen (a stylus) is 0x802.
> +
> +	This event is sent in the initial burst of events before the
> +	wp_tablet_tool.done event.
> +      </description>
> +      <arg name="hardware_id_hi" type="uint" summary="the hardware id, most significant bits"/>
> +      <arg name="hardware_id_lo" type="uint" summary="the hardware id, least significant bits"/>
> +    </event>
> +
> +    <enum name="capability">
> +      <description summary="capability flags for a tool">
> +	Describes extra capabilities on a tablet.
> +
> +	Any tool must provide x and y values, extra axes are
> +	device-specific.
> +      </description>
> +      <entry name="tilt" value="1" summary="Tilt axes"/>
> +      <entry name="pressure" value="2" summary="Pressure axis"/>
> +      <entry name="distance" value="3" summary="Distance axis"/>
> +      <entry name="rotation" value="4" summary="Z-rotation axis"/>
> +      <entry name="slider" value="5" summary="Slider axis"/>
> +      <entry name="wheel" value="6" summary="Wheel axis"/>
> +    </enum>
> +
> +    <event name="capability">
> +      <description summary="tool capability notification">
> +	This event notifies the client of any capabilities of this tool,
> +	beyond the main set of x/y axes and tip up/down detection.
> +
> +	One event is sent for each extra capability available on this tool.
> +
> +	This event is sent in the initial burst of events before the
> +	wp_tablet_tool.done event.
> +      </description>
> +      <arg name="capability" type="uint" enum="capability" summary="the capability"/>
> +    </event>
> +
> +    <event name="done">
> +      <description summary="tool description events sequence complete">
> +	This event signals the end of the initial burst of descriptive
> +	events. A client may consider the static description of the tool to
> +	be complete and finalize initialization of the tool.
> +      </description>
> +    </event>
> +
> +    <event name="removed">
> +      <description summary="tool removed">
> +	This event is sent when the tool is removed from the system and will
> +	send no further events. Should the physical tool comes back into
> +	proximity later, a new wp_tablet_tool object will be created.
> +
> +	It is compositor-dependent when a tool is removed. A compositor may
> +	remove a tool on proximity out, tablet removal or any other reason.
> +	A compositor may also keep a tool alive until shutdown.
> +
> +	If the tool is currently in proximity, a proximity_out event will be
> +	sent before the removed event. See wp_tablet_tool.proximity_out for
> +	the handling of any buttons logically down.
> +
> +	When this event is received, the client must wp_tablet_tool.destroy
> +	the object.
> +      </description>
> +    </event>
> +
> +    <event name="proximity_in">
> +      <description summary="proximity in event">
> +	Notification that this tool is focused on a certain surface.
> +
> +	This event can be received when the tool has moved from one surface to
> +	another, or when the tool has come back into proximity above the
> +	surface.
> +
> +	If any button is logically down when the tool comes into proximity,
> +	the respective button event is sent after the proximity_in event but
> +	within the same frame as the proximity_in event.
> +      </description>
> +      <arg name="serial" type="uint"/>
> +      <arg name="tablet" type="object" interface="zwp_tablet_v1" summary="The tablet the tool is in proximity of"/>
> +      <arg name="surface" type="object" interface="wl_surface" summary="The current surface the tablet tool is over"/>
> +    </event>
> +
> +    <event name="proximity_out">
> +      <description summary="proximity out event">
> +	Notification that this tool has either left proximity, or is no
> +	longer focused on a certain surface.
> +
> +	When the tablet tool leaves proximity of the tablet, button release
> +	events are sent for each button that was held down at the time of
> +	leaving proximity. These events are sent before the proximity_out
> +	event but within the same wp_tablet.frame.
> +
> +	If the tool stays within proximity of the tablet, but the focus
> +	changes from one surface to another, a button release event may not
> +	be sent until the button is actually released or the tool leaves the
> +	proximity of the tablet.
> +      </description>
> +    </event>
> +
> +    <event name="down">
> +      <description summary="tablet tool is making contact">
> +	Sent whenever the tablet tool comes in contact with the surface of the
> +	tablet.
> +
> +	If the tool is already in contact with the tablet when entering the
> +	input region, the client owning said region will receive a
> +	wp_tablet.proximity_in event, followed by a wp_tablet.down
> +	event and a wp_tablet.frame event.
> +
> +	Note that this event describes logical contact, not physical
> +	contact. On some devices, a compositor may not consider a tool in
> +	logical contact until a minimum physical pressure threshold is
> +	exceeded.
> +      </description>
> +      <arg name="serial" type="uint"/>
> +    </event>
> +
> +    <event name="up">
> +      <description summary="tablet tool is no longer making contact">
> +	Sent whenever the tablet tool stops making contact with the surface of
> +	the tablet, or when the tablet tool moves out of the input region
> +	and the compositor grab (if any) is dismissed.
> +
> +	If the tablet tool moves out of the input region while in contact
> +	with the surface of the tablet and the compositor does not have an
> +	ongoing grab on the surface, the client owning said region will
> +	receive a wp_tablet.up event, followed by a wp_tablet.proximity_out
> +	event and a wp_tablet.frame event. If the compositor has an ongoing
> +	grab on this device, this event sequence is sent whenever the grab
> +	is dismissed in the future.
> +
> +	Note that this event describes logical contact, not physical
> +	contact. On some devices, a compositor may not consider a tool out
> +	of logical contact until physical pressure falls below a specific
> +	threshold.
> +      </description>
> +    </event>
> +
> +    <event name="motion">
> +      <description summary="motion event">
> +	Sent whenever a tablet tool moves.
> +      </description>
> +      <arg name="x" type="fixed" summary="surface-relative x coordinate"/>
> +      <arg name="y" type="fixed" summary="surface-relative y coordinate"/>
> +    </event>
> +
> +    <event name="pressure">
> +      <description summary="pressure change event">
> +	Sent whenever the pressure axis on a tool changes. The value of this
> +	event is normalized to a value between 0 and 65535.
> +
> +	Note that pressure may be nonzero even when a tool not in logical
> +	contact. See the down and up events for more details.
> +      </description>
> +      <arg name="pressure" type="uint" summary="The current pressure value"/>
> +    </event>
> +
> +    <event name="distance">
> +      <description summary="distance change event">
> +	Sent whenever the distance axis on a tool changes. The value of this
> +	event is normalized to a value between 0 and 65535.
> +
> +	Note that distance may be nonzero even when a tool is not in logical
> +	contact. See the down and up events for more details.
> +      </description>
> +      <arg name="distance" type="uint" summary="The current distance value"/>
> +    </event>
> +
> +    <event name="tilt">
> +      <description summary="tilt change event">
> +	Sent whenever one or both of the tilt axes on a tool change. Each tilt
> +	value is in 0.01 of a degree, relative to the z-axis of the tablet.
> +	The angle is positive when the top of a tool tilts along the
> +	positive x or y axis.
> +      </description>
> +      <arg name="tilt_x" type="int" summary="The current value of the X tilt axis"/>
> +      <arg name="tilt_y" type="int" summary="The current value of the Y tilt axis"/>
> +    </event>
> +
> +    <event name="rotation">
> +      <description summary="z-rotation change event">
> +	Sent whenever the z-rotation axis on the tool changes. The
> +	rotation value is in 0.01 of a degree clockwise from the tool's
> +	logical neutral position.
> +      </description>
> +      <arg name="degrees" type="int" summary="The current rotation of the Z axis"/>
> +    </event>
> +
> +    <event name="slider">
> +      <description summary="Slider position change event">
> +	Sent whenever the slider position on the tool changes. The
> +	value is normalized between -65535 and 65535, with 0 as the logical
> +	neutral position of the slider.
> +
> +	The slider is available on e.g. the Wacom Airbrush tool.
> +      </description>
> +      <arg name="position" type="int" summary="The current position of slider"/>
> +    </event>
> +
> +    <event name="wheel">
> +      <description summary="Wheel delta event">
> +	Sent whenever the wheel on the tool emits an event. This event
> +	contains two values for the same axis change. The degrees value is
> +	in 0.01 of a degree in the same orientation as the
> +	wl_pointer.vertical_scroll axis. The clicks value is in discrete
> +	logical clicks of the mouse wheel. This value may be zero if the
> +	movement of the wheel was less than one logical click.
> +
> +	Clients should choose either value and avoid mixing degrees and
> +	clicks. The compositor may accumulate values smaller than a logical
> +	click and emulate click events when a certain threshold is met.
> +	Thus, wl_tablet_tool.wheel events with non-zero clicks values may
> +	have different degrees values.
> +      </description>
> +      <arg name="degrees" type="int" summary="The wheel delta in 0.01 of a degree"/>
> +      <arg name="clicks" type="int" summary="The wheel delta in discrete clicks"/>
> +    </event>

I just noticed this while working on the Xwayland implementation -- is
there a reason the angles (in tilt, rotation, and here in wheel) aren't
just using the "fixed" type? If its a wart, it might be one to remove
before too long now that v1 has made it upstream...

Jason
---
Now instead of four in the eights place /
you’ve got three, ‘Cause you added one /
(That is to say, eight) to the two, /
But you can’t take seven from three, /
So you look at the sixty-fours....

> +
> +    <enum name="button_state">
> +      <description summary="physical button state">
> +	Describes the physical state of a button which provoked the button event
> +      </description>
> +      <entry name="released" value="0" summary="button is not pressed"/>
> +      <entry name="pressed" value="1" summary="button is pressed"/>
> +    </enum>
> +
> +    <event name="button">
> +      <description summary="button event">
> +	Sent whenever a button on the tool is pressed or released.
> +
> +	If a button is held down when the tool moves in or out of proximity,
> +	button events are generated by the compositor. See
> +	wp_tablet_tool.proximity_in and wp_tablet_tool.proximity_out for
> +	details.
> +      </description>
> +
> +      <arg name="serial" type="uint"/>
> +      <arg name="button" type="uint" summary="The button whose state has changed"/>
> +      <arg name="state" type="uint" enum="button_state" summary="Whether the button was pressed or released"/>
> +    </event>
> +
> +    <event name="frame">
> +      <description summary="frame event">
> +	Marks the end of a series of axis and/or button updates from the
> +	tablet. The wayland protocol requires axis updates to be sent
> +	sequentially, however all events within a frame should be considered
> +	one hardware event.
> +      </description>
> +      <arg name="time" type="uint" summary="The time of the event with millisecond granularity"/>
> +    </event>
> +
> +    <enum name="error">
> +      <entry name="role" value="0" summary="given wl_surface has another role"/>
> +    </enum>
> +  </interface>
> +
> +  <interface name="zwp_tablet_v1" version="1">
> +    <description summary="graphics tablet device">
> +      The wp_tablet interface represents one graphics tablet device. The
> +      tablet interface itself does not generate events; all events are
> +      generated by wp_tablet_tool objects when in proximity above a tablet.
> +
> +      A tablet has a number of static characteristics, e.g. device name and
> +      pid/vid. These capabilities are sent in an event sequence after the
> +      wp_tablet_seat.tablet_added event. This initial event sequence is
> +      terminated by a wp_tablet.done event.
> +    </description>
> +
> +    <request name="destroy" type="destructor">
> +      <description summary="destroy the tablet object">
> +	This destroys the client's resource for this tablet object.
> +      </description>
> +    </request>
> +
> +    <event name="name">
> +      <description summary="tablet device name">
> +	This event is sent in the initial burst of events before the
> +	wp_tablet.done event.
> +      </description>
> +      <arg name="name" type="string" summary="the device name"/>
> +    </event>
> +
> +    <event name="id">
> +      <description summary="tablet device USB vendor/product id">
> +	This event is sent in the initial burst of events before the
> +	wp_tablet.done event.
> +      </description>
> +      <arg name="vid" type="uint" summary="USB vendor id"/>
> +      <arg name="pid" type="uint" summary="USB product id"/>
> +    </event>
> +
> +    <event name="path">
> +      <description summary="path to the device">
> +	A system-specific device path that indicates which device is behind
> +	this wp_tablet. This information may be used to gather additional
> +	information about the device, e.g. through libwacom.
> +
> +	A device may have more than one device path, if so, multiple
> +	wp_tablet.path events are sent. A device may be emulated and not
> +	have a device path, in that case this event will not be sent.
> +
> +	The format of the path is unspecified, it may be a device node, a
> +	sysfs path, or some other identifier. It is up to the client to
> +	identify the string provided.
> +
> +	This event is sent in the initial burst of events before the
> +	wp_tablet.done event.
> +      </description>
> +      <arg name="path" type="string" summary="path to local device"/>
> +    </event>
> +
> +    <event name="done">
> +      <description summary="tablet description events sequence complete">
> +	This event is sent immediately to signal the end of the initial
> +	burst of descriptive events. A client may consider the static
> +	description of the tablet to be complete and finalize initialization
> +	of the tablet.
> +      </description>
> +    </event>
> +
> +    <event name="removed">
> +      <description summary="tablet removed event">
> +	Sent when the tablet has been removed from the system. When a tablet
> +	is removed, some tools may be removed.
> +
> +	When this event is received, the client must wp_tablet.destroy
> +	the object.
> +      </description>
> +    </event>
> +  </interface>
> +</protocol>
> 


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