[PATCH] make wording of ScrollDelta options clearer

Peter Hutterer peter.hutterer at who-t.net
Thu Jun 19 16:06:30 PDT 2014


On Thu, Jun 19, 2014 at 08:39:56PM +0200, Zsolt Dollenstein wrote:
> ---
>  man/synaptics.man | 12 ++++++++----
>  1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/man/synaptics.man b/man/synaptics.man
> index 76756be..a40d2e7 100644
> --- a/man/synaptics.man
> +++ b/man/synaptics.man
> @@ -154,12 +154,16 @@ Enable horizontal scrolling when dragging with two fingers anywhere on
>  the touchpad. Property: "Synaptics Two-Finger Scrolling"
>  .TP 7
>  .BI "Option \*qVertScrollDelta\*q \*q" integer \*q
> -Move distance of the finger for a scroll event. Property: "Synaptics Scrolling
> -Distance"
> +Distance your finger has to move for a vertical scroll event. Negative
> +value inverts scroll direction. The bigger the absolute value, the
> +slower the scroll effect. Max speed is 1, or -1 in reverse
> +mode. Property: "Synaptics Scrolling Distance"
>  .TP 7
>  .BI "Option \*qHorizScrollDelta\*q \*q" integer \*q
> -Move distance of the finger for a scroll event. Property: "Synaptics Scrolling
> -Distance"
> +Distance your finger has to move for a horizontal scroll

s/your/the/, and you might want to add that the value is in device
coordinates, not pixels.

> +event. Negative value inverts scroll direction. The bigger the
> +absolute value, the slower the scroll effect. Max speed is 1, or -1 in
> +reverse mode. Property: "Synaptics Scrolling Distance"

How about "the maximum scrolling speed happens at distance of 1", or something
similar (or better :), otherwise it's a bit confusing when you say speed is
1 in a setting that defines the delta.

Cheers,
   Peter

>  .TP
>  .BI "Option \*qMinSpeed\*q \*q" float \*q
>  Minimum speed factor. Property: "Synaptics Move Speed"



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