RandR 1.2 output name schemes?

[Xavier Bestel]

On Mon, 2007-09-03 at 17:24 +0200, Alberto Milone wrote:
> On Mon, 2007-09-03 at 17:02 +0200, Julien Cristau wrote:
> > On Mon, Sep  3, 2007 at 17:05:59 +0200, Alberto Milone wrote:
> > 
> > > I would like to know the name schemes which randr 1.2 uses (and whether
> > > this varies according to the driver you use, e.g ATI or Intel).
> > > 
> > The names are defined by the driver, there's no consistent scheme at the
> > moment.
> > 
> > Cheers,
> > Julien
> I see... having a consistent name scheme wouldn't be a bad idea though.
> 
> Is there a wiki or something where I can see the name schemes which the
> ATI driver uses? (so that I can add the support for the ATI driver to my
> application)

Comparing names seems really fragile. Aren't there properties attached
to the displays you could probe for instead ?