[Xorg] XInput Hotplug Additions
Joe Krahn
krahn at niehs.nih.gov
Wed Aug 4 10:05:25 PDT 2004
Kristian Høgsberg wrote:
> Joe Krahn wrote:
>
>> Kristian Høgsberg wrote:
>>
>>> For configuring devices, there are two mechanisms: feedbacks and
>>> device controls, and I must admit I'm not sure what the difference
>>> is. They both allow clients to change behaivour of a device that
>>> you've opened with XOpenDevice().
>>
>>
>>
>> The intended distinction is that feedback events are device outputs,
>> like LEDs or beeps. DeviceControls are for configuring a device.
>> In the XInput world, the video display is a really big Feedback
>> device.
>
>
> But feedbacks are also used for adjusting mouse acceleration and
> keyboard repeat... not just output.
>
Yeah, these break the concept of feedback versus control a bit.
Pointer acceleration has both categories. Maybe because these are
dynamically interacting with the user they are seen as special cases
that are a bit intermediate. I think it would have been better for
these both to have been kept as just controls and not feedbacks.
Oh well...
Joe
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