[Xgl/Xegl] Input Devices

Jon Smirl jonsmirl at gmail.com
Wed Jul 27 09:11:13 PDT 2005


On 7/27/05, Waldo Bastian <bastian at kde.org> wrote:
> 6) /dev/input/mice allows multiple mice to control the core pointer, how would
> one achieve that same functionality (when so desired by the user) when using
> evdev?

Open each evdev mouse device that you own. Use select() to read from
them simultaneously.  Merging devices like this has to occur in the X
server. Some other app may want to merge the mice in a different
pattern.

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Jon Smirl
jonsmirl at gmail.com



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