On Fri, 2010-07-02 at 19:36 +1000, Peter Hutterer wrote: > > I heuristically determine if a device is a DID by checking whether it > > has valuators for ABS_MT_POSITION_X or ABS_MT_POSITION_Y, but none of > > ABS_X, ABS_Y, REL_X, or REL_Y. This check is performed at valuator class > > device initialization. Any motion events that a DID posts are sent as > > ET_DirectMotion events. The ET_DirectMotion events are transformed into > > normal motion events before they are sent to an XI2 client, so XI2 > > clients will see touches as normal pointer motion events. Further, a DID > > starts off as a floating device, unattached to any master pointer > > device. Any attempt to attach it to a master will fail. > > This is a good start. Eventually, we should have DIDs exposed as a new > device class on the protocol though. Likewise, I don't think ET_DM > should not be converted to normal XIDeviceEvents but rather to their own > type that can be expanded in the future to accommodate for additional > features (e.g. the touch area).
Ok, I'll think about this and try to hack a bit to make a new event type like XIDirectEvent. -- Chase _______________________________________________ [email protected]: X.Org development Archives: http://lists.x.org/archives/xorg-devel Info: http://lists.x.org/mailman/listinfo/xorg-devel
