On Tue, 2012-10-09 at 16:23 +0200, Olivier Fourdan wrote: > Bastien Nocera said the following on 10/08/2012 06:24 PM: > > [...] > > Looks to me like "builtin" is "tablet is integrated with the display" > > and "ISD" is "tablet is integrated with the computer". > > > > I'm sure we could deprecate the _is_builtin() function, and use a > > bitmask for this support instead? > > > > LIBWACOM_DEVICE_INTEGRATED_WITH_NONE = 0, > > LIBWACOM_DEVICE_INTEGRATED_WITH_DISPLAY = 1<< 0, > > LIBWACOM_DEVICE_INTEGRATED_WITH_COMPUTER = 1<< 2 > > > > I am no big fan of "integrated with computer" either, why limiting us > to "computer", I would rather see "integrated with system" (system > being a computer, a handhelp device, etc.) Additionally that matches > the ISD definition, integrated system device.. > > I would like to keep things simple (as always) for both the developer > and user of the API, and also avoid complicated or convoluted > functions names. > > IMHO we should keep the database format similar enough to the function > names accessing it, ie if we deprecate _is_builtin() in the API it > should be also replaced in the database. > > In a nutshell what I a would do instead is: > > database definition use something like: > > IntegratedIn=Display;System > > for a tablet PC and > > IntegratedIn=Display > > for a screen tablet such as a Cintiq. > > This is now set in the Device section as it's not really a feature > (but a characteristic of the device). > > Now for the API: > > libwacom_is_builtin() is deprecated in favor of the WacomIntegrationFlags > > One pain point is the "BuiltIn" replacement, because "BuiltIn" is also > automatically set from the sysfs device/properties (see my other email > about the flags in sysfs), so we need an additional flag > WACOM_DEVICE_INTEGRATED_UNSET indicating that the database do not > provide the information. In that case,
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