On 10/07/2010 12:27 AM, Peter Hutterer wrote: [...]
> > master: virtual device representing either cursor or keyboard focus > slave: physical device (in most cases) > core: device that can send core events. term is essentially deprecated, > think of a master device as a core device. (slaves can never send core > events). best to not use the term anymore, see also "core event" > core event: core X protocol event sent down the wire. > passive grab: grab activated when a button/key combination is pressed on a > particular window. clients need to register a passive grab once, then will > activate repeatedly until ungrabbed. passive grabs terminate automatically > when the button/key is released > active grab: grab activated immediately on request by the client, terminates > when client ungrabs or disconnects. > > That about sums it up, I think :) Thanks for this comprised explanation. :-) It would be great to get a similar explanation to the touch interface, and what one gains by moving the gesture recognition to the client side. ;-) Cheers, Henrik _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~multi-touch-dev Post to : multi-touch-dev@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~multi-touch-dev More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp