[PATCH] First round of updates for X11R7.6 release notes

[Alan Coopersmith]

Dan Nicholson wrote:
>> @@ -156,82 +157,52 @@ The next section describes what is new in the latest version
>>       <itemizedlist>
>>         <listitem>
>>          <para>
>> -           <firstterm>Multi-Pointer X (<acronym>MPX</acronym>)</firstterm>
>> -           provides the user with multiple independent mouse cursors and
>> -           multiple independent keyboard foci.  Each cursor is a true system
>> -           cursor and different pointers can operate in multiple applications
>> -           simultaneously.
>> +           <firstterm>Xorg configuration directories</firstterm> are
>> +           used to allow fragments of the X server configuration to be
>> +           delivered in individual files.   For instance, the input device
>> +           driver matching rules previously provided in HAL
>> +           <filename>.fdi</filename> files are now provided as
>> +           <filename>.conf</filename> files in a
>> +           <filename>xorg.conf.d</filename> directory.
> 
> If you're mentioning the input driver matching, I think it would be
> worth a "See the INPUTCLASS section in xorg.conf(5)" or something like
> that. It's actually two features, so you could break this into two
> paragraphs: xorg.conf.d and InputClass. Might not be worth it, though.

Thanks - this sound better?

@@ -157,11 +157,24 @@ The next section describes what is new in the latest versi
       <itemizedlist>
         <listitem>
          <para>
+           <firstterm>InputClass</firstterm> sections in Xorg configuration
+           files are used to apply configuration options to any input
+           device matching specified rules, such as device path,
+           type of device, device manufacturer, or other data provided
+           by the input hotplug backend.  Details can be found in the
+           <literal>INPUTCLASS</literal> section of the
+           <ulink url="xorg.conf.5.html">xorg.conf(5)</ulink> manual page.
+         </para>
+        </listitem>
+
+        <listitem>
+         <para>
            <firstterm>Xorg configuration directories</firstterm> are
            used to allow fragments of the X server configuration to be
            delivered in individual files.   For instance, the input device
            driver matching rules previously provided in HAL
            <filename>.fdi</filename> files are now provided as
+           <literal>InputClass</literal> sections in
            <filename>.conf</filename> files in a
            <filename>xorg.conf.d</filename> directory.
          </para>



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