On 2011-03-02 02:28, Peter Hutterer wrote: > On Mon, Feb 28, 2011 at 12:45:35PM +0100, Pander wrote: >> I would like to make the following feature request for >> inverting/toggling parameters. >> >> Please extend values for the following parameters with "invert": >> >> touch: on, off, invert (toggle) >> gesture: on, off, invert (toggle) >> tabletpcbutton: on, off, invert (toggle) >> rawfilter: on, off, invert (toggle) >> mode: absolute, relative, invert (toggle) >> rotate: none, cw, ccw, half, invert (+180 degrees) >> >> Implementing this will make it easier for application, scripts, and >> command line usage to toggle parameters without having to remember the >> status or first requesting the current status in order to toggle a value. > > tbh, I'm not a big fan of this. it's a few lines to implement toggle in > whatever script/config tool you need. and one of the things we've found with > toggle in the past is that it is quite hard to get right because you don't > always know where you're toggling too. e.g. in GNOME + xkb we had the issue > that our toggle touchpad key would get out of sync and enable in hardware > but disable in software (and vice versa), leading to a dead touchpad. > > besides, there's the naming. toggle works for touch as toggling an option is > an understood concept. "inverting touch" isn't quite as clear, imo. > inverting or toggling a mode is confusing, a better name may be "switching" > or so. rotating - "cycle"? and once you start cycling through the options, > do you have "next" and "previous" as well? > > I think the current xsetwacom interface is simple enough that this can be > easily implemented on top where a toggle command is needed.
It is indeed more complex and prone to errors. I will simply do a get and determine outside of xsetwacom what to set in order to invert/rotate/toggle. Thanks, Pander > Cheers, > Peter ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Free Software Download: Index, Search & Analyze Logs and other IT data in Real-Time with Splunk. Collect, index and harness all the fast moving IT data generated by your applications, servers and devices whether physical, virtual or in the cloud. Deliver compliance at lower cost and gain new business insights. http://p.sf.net/sfu/splunk-dev2dev _______________________________________________ Linuxwacom-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linuxwacom-devel
