[PATCH] xinput: add set-prop command

[Peter Hutterer]

On Tue, Apr 21, 2009 at 11:25:18AM +0200, Simon Thum wrote:
> Peter Hutterer wrote:
>> On Mon, Apr 20, 2009 at 03:41:34PM +0200, Simon Thum wrote:
>>> Julien Cristau wrote:
>>>> One thing I'm wondering is if I should be more paranoid and also check
>>>> that format is 32 when type is FLOAT or ATOM.
>>> I'd say if the server does 'enforce' it, that's enough. We depend on 
>>> a  sane server anyway :)
>>
>> In regards to properties, the server doesn't really enforce anything.
>> properties are a storage mechanism and the X server will happily store
>> anything you tell it to.
>>
>> The only exception are those properties handled in the server/driver because
>> the handlers will usually check for sanity. This doesn't apply to user-defined
>> properties however.
> Ah OK, I haven't had those in mind. However, if it's important enough to  
> do some checking, why not do it in the server + let clients be 
> permissive?