On Wednesday 13 November 2002 1:18 am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > On Tuesday 12 November 2002 12:56 pm, Dr Andrew C Aitchison wrote: > > > On Tue, 12 Nov 2002, John Tapsell wrote: > > > > On Tuesday 12 November 2002 10:35 am, Dr Andrew C Aitchison wrote: > > > > > I think it would need either two event queues, or a new parameter > > > > > in the event queue to say which input group created the event. > > > > > I don't know that area, but I'm not sure that such a change could > > > > > be done without changing the protocol. > > > > > > > > Hmm, can this be worked around? Apps don't need to know which input > > > > group provided the input, and to them they could see just one input > > > > group. (If two input groups have focus on the same window, perhaps > > > > merge the two event queues.) > > > > > > The WM is another application, and it needs to know which input > > > group triggered the event if it is to maintain two foci. > > > > Sure, but it is just about feasible to require that the WM has to be > > changed to use some new/existing extension, as opposed to changing ever > > app. > > > > Can anyone tell me what extension gimp uses for graphic tablets etc? > > Would that be applicable here? > > I haven't looked at the GIMP code, but almost certainly it is using the > XInputExtension. That's the point of the XINPUT extension, to add support > for graphics tablets and other additional input devices.
Can WM's be hacked to use the XInputExtension, have multiple focused windows, and do everything we have mentioned? > > > > Besides, if a game or a CAD or similar program uses two > > > mice/trackballs/joysticks I'd expect it to want to know which one > > > sent the event, but maybe we could do that by using different events in > > > the same input group. > > > That does make it difficult to know how much to merge two inputs in one > > > group though. > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Xpert mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xpert > > _______________________________________________ > Xpert mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xpert _______________________________________________ Xpert mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xpert
