Re: [Bluez-users] help with Logitech Travel Mouse

[Martin Stolle <mstoll@sus.mcgill.ca>]

On Wed, Sep 26, 2007 at 01:30:35PM +0200, Stefan Seyfried wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 25, 2007 at 08:34:41AM -0400, Martin Stolle wrote:
>  
> > The other problem is - what about people who don't use gnome or kde?  I
> > always thought Linux was about choice.  Clearly, if I want to use
> > bluetooth, I am forced to use one of these desktop systems with their
> > desktops, wms etc..., which is quite restrictive.  That is quite a step
> > back from the  "hidd --search"  way of doing things!
> > 
> > (Now, I am not saying that hidd --search should be the only way -
> > definitely not.  Gnome and KDE integratino are really important.  But
> > please not at the expense of simple command-line tools!)
> 
> Just go ahead and write them. Take those python scripts as a base and write
> some nice ncurses-based inputwizard. Or maybe XLib-based or whatever. Lots
> of people are complaining that "there is no way to do it on the command line"
> but the only people providing code are the desktop people.

Unfortunately, I am not a "desktop" person or "command-line" person.  I
am a user.  A significant amount of people earn their living writing
Gnome/KDE tools.  Thats, IMHO, why they provide code faster.  I don't
think I have the time and resources to promise that I will write and
maintain  tools that the bluez-team decided were no longer necessary. 

It's a shame.  I guess it's bound to happen - the more successful Linux
gets, the more it's gonna be like Windows.  Less choice, more
clicky-clicky!  I still don't quite understand the decision to drop
support for command-line tools, but I am not entitled to judge the
bluez-developers.  I can only express my frustration.

Martin


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