[PATCH] xfree86: add option "Floating", deprecate SendCoreEvents and friends.

Peter Hutterer peter.hutterer at who-t.net
Sun Dec 5 22:50:17 PST 2010


Some devices should be initialised as floating from the start (e.g.
Joysticks and accelerometers benefit from this). Currently users use the
"SendCoreEvents" "off" flag for this, which isn't the most appropriate
naming.

Add an option "Floating", deprecate the others. Still parsed and handled by
the server.

Signed-off-by: Peter Hutterer <peter.hutterer at who-t.net>
---
 hw/xfree86/common/xf86Xinput.c       |    3 +-
 hw/xfree86/doc/devel/Registry        |    1 +
 hw/xfree86/doc/man/xorg.conf.man.pre |   48 +++++++++++++++++++++------------
 3 files changed, 33 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)

diff --git a/hw/xfree86/common/xf86Xinput.c b/hw/xfree86/common/xf86Xinput.c
index 2e0d80b..3a30f4f 100644
--- a/hw/xfree86/common/xf86Xinput.c
+++ b/hw/xfree86/common/xf86Xinput.c
@@ -280,7 +280,8 @@ void
 xf86ProcessCommonOptions(InputInfoPtr pInfo,
                          pointer	list)
 {
-    if (!xf86SetBoolOption(list, "AlwaysCore", 1) ||
+    if (xf86SetBoolOption(list, "Float", 0) ||
+        !xf86SetBoolOption(list, "AlwaysCore", 1) ||
         !xf86SetBoolOption(list, "SendCoreEvents", 1) ||
         !xf86SetBoolOption(list, "CorePointer", 1) ||
         !xf86SetBoolOption(list, "CoreKeyboard", 1)) {
diff --git a/hw/xfree86/doc/devel/Registry b/hw/xfree86/doc/devel/Registry
index e09228b..48e24a2 100644
--- a/hw/xfree86/doc/devel/Registry
+++ b/hw/xfree86/doc/devel/Registry
@@ -243,6 +243,7 @@ DemandLoad                O     I    ??
 Device                    S     I    Device file name
 DeviceName                S     I    Input device name
 FlowControl               S     I    Serial flow control ("xon", "none")
+Floating                  B     I    Device initialised as floating
 HistorySize               I     I    ??
 MaxX                      I     I    Maximum X coordinate
 MaxY                      I     I    Maximum Y coordinate
diff --git a/hw/xfree86/doc/man/xorg.conf.man.pre b/hw/xfree86/doc/man/xorg.conf.man.pre
index ba876c0..e3fd0ea 100644
--- a/hw/xfree86/doc/man/xorg.conf.man.pre
+++ b/hw/xfree86/doc/man/xorg.conf.man.pre
@@ -904,30 +904,42 @@ the server. This affects implied layouts as well as explicit layouts
 specified in the configuration and/or on the command line.
 .TP 7
 .BI "Option \*qCorePointer\*q"
-Deprecated, use
-.B SendCoreEvents
-instead.
+Deprecated, see
+.B Floating
 .TP 7
 .BI "Option \*qCoreKeyboard\*q"
-Deprecated, use
-.B SendCoreEvents
-instead.
+Deprecated, see
+.B Floating
 .TP 7
 .BI "Option \*qAlwaysCore\*q  \*q" boolean \*q
-.B
-Deprecated, use
-.B SendCoreEvents
-instead.
+Deprecated, see
+.B Floating
 .TP 7
 .BI "Option \*qSendCoreEvents\*q  \*q" boolean \*q
-Both of these options are equivalent, and when enabled cause the
-input device to report core events through the master device. They are
-enabled by default.  Any device configured to send core events will be
-attached to the virtual core pointer or keyboard and control the cursor by
-default. Devices with
-.B SendCoreEvents
-disabled will be \*qfloating\*q and only accessible by clients employing the
-X Input extension. This option controls the startup behavior only, a device
+Deprecated, see
+.B Floating
+
+.TP 7
+.BI "Option \*qFloating\*q  \*q" boolean \*q
+When enabled, the input device is set up floating and does not
+report events through any master device or control a cursor. The device is
+only available to clients using the X Input Extension API. This option is
+disabled by default.
+The options
+.B CorePointer,
+.B CoreKeyboard,
+.B AlwaysCore,
+and
+.B SendCoreEvents,
+are the inverse of option
+.B Floating
+(i.e.
+.B SendCoreEvents \*qon\*q
+is equivalent to
+.B Floating \*qoff\*q
+).
+
+This option controls the startup behavior only, a device
 may be reattached or set floating at runtime.
 .PP
 For pointing devices, the following options control how the pointer
-- 
1.7.3.2



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