[PATCH v6] protocol: Extend wl_touch with touchpoint shape and orientation

Dennis Kempin denniskempin at google.com
Mon Nov 14 18:12:59 UTC 2016


Thanks for the reviews guys!

The patch for Exosphere is not fully done yet, but I'll post it here once I
got it polished up.

What are the next steps to merge this patch now that has been reviewed?

On Mon, Nov 14, 2016 at 4:07 AM Daniel Stone <daniel at fooishbar.org> wrote:

> Hi Dennis,
>
> On 11 November 2016 at 19:40, Dennis Kempin <denniskempin at google.com>
> wrote:
> > This CL updates the wl_touch interface with a shape and
> > orientation event.
> > The shape/orientation of a touch point is not relevant for most UI
> > applications, but allows a better experience in some cases
> > such as drawing apps.
> >
> > The events are used by the compositor to inform the client
> > about changes in the shape and orientation of a touchpoint, which is
> > approximated by an ellipse and it's angle to the y-axis.
> >
> > The event is optional and only sent when compositor and the
> > touch device support this type of information. The client is
> > responsible for making a reasonable assumption about the
> > touch shape if no shape is reported.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Dennis Kempin <denniskempin at google.com>
>
> Thanks!
>
> Reviewed-by: Daniel Stone <daniels at collabora.com>
>
> It would be nice to get a pointer to the CL adding this to Exosphere
> for reference here, but I couldn't find one with a quick search. This
> should be good to merge though.
>
> Cheers,
> Daniel
>
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