From: Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@gmail.com>
To: Henrik Rydberg <rydberg@euromail.se>
Cc: akpm@osdl.org, linux-input@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] input: mousedev: Emulate right and middle buttons for single-button touchpads
Date: Wed, 10 Sep 2008 08:52:28 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20080910125228.GA25221@anvil.corenet.prv> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <48C0893C.6060901@euromail.se>
Hi Henrik,
On Fri, Sep 05, 2008 at 03:19:56AM +0200, Henrik Rydberg wrote:
> On most linux-based systems, the right and middle buttons are used
> extensively. On computers lacking either of those buttons, such as
> the Apple Macbooks, emulation is needed. This patch adds emulation
> of the missing buttons via two-fingers-and-click and three-fingers-
> and-click operations, which has recently become standard, both in
> MacOS and in the Xorg synaptics driver.
>
The standard way of emulating right and middle button presses for
"button-deficient" devices is to use Macintosh emulation
(MAC_EMUMOUSEBTN) that works not only for touchpads but for regular mice
as well.
Overall I don't think we should enhance mousedev for scenarios where
proper solution is to install Synaptics X driver. This also goes for
your other patch improving tapping in mousedev.
--
Dmitry
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2008-09-10 12:52 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2008-09-05 1:19 [PATCH 2/2] input: mousedev: Emulate right and middle buttons for single-button touchpads Henrik Rydberg
2008-09-10 12:52 ` Dmitry Torokhov [this message]
2008-09-10 14:51 ` Henrik Rydberg
2008-09-10 15:32 ` Dmitry Torokhov
2008-09-10 16:05 ` Henrik Rydberg
2008-09-11 6:31 ` Henrik Rydberg
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