On 11/23/2010 08:13 AM, Mathieu Virbel wrote: > 2010/11/23 Duncan McGreggor <duncan.mcgreg...@canonical.com>: >> On 11/23/2010 04:22 AM, Henrik Rydberg wrote: >>> >>>> Speaking of wayland - are there any plans on improving the input layer >>>> of wayland? How mouse >>>> and touch and gestures input will be handled there? >>> >>> >>> Big question, no answer. :-) >> >> There is a rumor around that a certain European researcher is working on >> a new form of input for Linux... we'll let you know if anything comes of >> this. (It likely wouldn't be for another cycle.) >> > > It would be very very nice if public can have a little more > information about that :) > Like, i'm very scared when i'm reading : "We predict with Wayland the > window manager will BE the display server and input server". WM act as > an input server ?
Well, I'm definitely not predicting that Wayland will be the input server :-) As far as I know, almost no work has gone into input for Wayland. I'm not a gambler, so I'd bet on the safe horse: Wayland wrapping X input for the near-term. That being said, lots of folks have expressed interest in building/seeing/supporting a new input mechanism for Linux. It would be nice to have something that we could -- at the very least -- start experimenting with in Linux. And experimentation is very different that stable deployment :-) Rest assured, If the rumors do end up being true, I will advocate for public inclusion as soon as humanly possible. (Full disclosure: these really are just rumors -- I haven't seen a lick of code). Hope that helps :-) d _______________________________________________ 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
