I won't know until I try to code to it, but Keith's and my initial take
of the new Linux input interface is that it seems reasonably sane, and offers
facilities that have been badly needed in OS interfaces to input devices
(like finally having time stamps).
I'd certainly like it if all the open source systems can agree
on an interface, but I think it unwise to try to tie those events
together. The event interface itself is actually a pretty narrow interface,
that would not be hard to replicate elsewhere.
So we'll see, hopefully soon.
- Jim
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> From: Markus Schaber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Date: Thu, 24 Jan 2002 00:27:31 +0100
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: [Xpert]Touchscreen driver, Xinput extension, input device
> interface, etc....
> -----
> Hi,
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> > >Since my statements about six weeks ago around touch screen
> > >interfaces, (and that continuing to kludge the X server and/or
> > >current iPAQ touch screen interface was just not going to happen),
> > >alot has happened.
> >
> > It is well possible that i am missing the point
> > (and i am mostly lurking here anyway) , but your proposal sounds like
> > a linux-only solution to me ? While i happily admit to using Linux
> > almost exclusively, this would not seem to be helpful for the *BSD*
> > crowd and whoever else also uses XFree86.
>
> It is helpful for the linux people, and so it frees ressources among the
> X developers that are free for other problems (and so XFree86 users on
> different OSes benefit :-).
>
> And as soon as such a standard is there, other OSes (BSD, Hurd etc.) are
> implement this interface (maybe even the linux code in the Hurd case),
> and so automatically benefit for future drivers. Of course, they are
> also free to define their own default interface, or to need an per-
> device X driver.
>
>
--
Jim Gettys
Cambridge Research Laboratory
Compaq Computer Corporation
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