[PATCH inputproto multitouch] State that future touch IDs are indeterminate

Chase Douglas chase.douglas at canonical.com
Mon Dec 12 13:45:23 PST 2011


On 12/12/2011 01:40 PM, Peter Hutterer wrote:
> On Mon, Dec 12, 2011 at 10:56:40AM -0800, Chase Douglas wrote:
>> This just makes it absolutely clear that clients should not make any
>> assumptions about future touch ID values.
>>
>> I also added "strictly monotonically" increasing to the definition of
>> touch IDs. It's a more precise definition of the protocol.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Chase Douglas <chase.douglas at canonical.com>
>> ---
>>  specs/XI2proto.txt |    8 +++++---
>>  1 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/specs/XI2proto.txt b/specs/XI2proto.txt
>> index ba5f7b7..8e4f948 100644
>> --- a/specs/XI2proto.txt
>> +++ b/specs/XI2proto.txt
>> @@ -2149,9 +2149,11 @@ may not be the logical center of the touch.
>>  
>>  Touch tracking IDs are provided in the detail field of touch events. Its
>>  value is always provided in every touch event. Tracking IDs are
>> -represented as unsigned 32-bit values and increase in value for each new
>> -touch, wrapping back to 0 upon reaching the numerical limit of IDs. IDs are
>> -globally unique.
>> +represented as unsigned 32-bit values and increase strictly monotonically in
>> +value for each new touch, wrapping back to 0 upon reaching the numerical limit
>> +of IDs. The distance between two touch IDs is indeterminate. Clients may not
>> +assume that any future touches will have specific touch IDs. IDs are globally
>> +unique.
> 
> s/distance/increment/ maybe? or whatever the right word is here.

I like increment. I couldn't think of the right word, and that fits
better than distance.

-- Chase


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