On Mon, 26 Mar 2018 07:58:47 -0700 Jason Gerecke <killert...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 26, 2018 at 2:36 AM, Pekka Paalanen <ppaala...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Fri, 23 Mar 2018 09:33:10 -0700 > > Jason Gerecke <killert...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > >> Nice! Do you think its reasonable to extend the allowed use of this > >> protocol to other kinds of direct-input devices? I don't see anything > >> which would prevent this protocol from working equally well to > >> calibrate the pen input for a tablet PC or Cintiq for example. The > >> compositor would need to obviously have pen support and notify the > >> client of the device in a "touch_device" event, but otherwise it looks > >> like the client doesn't really have to care about the underlying > >> device -- the protocol provides its own definition of down/up/motion > >> events. Just the documentation would need to be tweaked. > > > > Hi Jason, > > > > I suppose, but I am not at all familiar with such devices, so I cannot > > make the call. I have never even used one. > > > > If the design is a good match for other devices, I would be happy to > > accept spec changes and renaming interfaces to be more generic, but > > only if someone is working on an implementation somewhere as well. > > > > Currently the protocol is being proposed to be Weston private. We might > > land it as is, and then talk about how it should be generalized and > > which package should install it for public use. We can have > > libweston-dev install the XML file, or it could be proposed to be > > included in wayland-protocols if it satisfies the general inclusion > > requirements there. Or somewhere else. > > > > > > Thanks, > > pq > > > > Good to know. It certainly seems like a good match at least for this > second class of devices, so I would be very interested in seeing the > wording made a bit more generic. > > Weston's tablet support is still in the works (I believe Lyude was > last working on it?) so there's not an urgent need to make these > changes, but it would be good to think about them if/when the protocol > goes public. I imagine GNOME would be remotely interested in this > protocol... Their current tablet calibration tool has to deal with > exactly the same issues that this protocol very nicely addresses (e.g. > un-transforming coordinates, screen mapping, grabbing input). Ok, very good. Personally I won't worry about the wording until someone proposes a patch to install the XML file for public consumption. The implementation I referred to does not need to be in Weston by the way. Any serious implementation would be good enough for me to accept spec changes. Thanks, pq
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