From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Dmitry Torokhov 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 Message-ID: <20080910125228.GA25221@anvil.corenet.prv> References: <48C0893C.6060901@euromail.se> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Received: from an-out-0708.google.com ([209.85.132.241]:37984 "EHLO an-out-0708.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752055AbYIJMwd (ORCPT ); Wed, 10 Sep 2008 08:52:33 -0400 Received: by an-out-0708.google.com with SMTP id d40so441698and.103 for ; Wed, 10 Sep 2008 05:52:32 -0700 (PDT) Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <48C0893C.6060901@euromail.se> Sender: linux-input-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-input@vger.kernel.org To: Henrik Rydberg Cc: akpm@osdl.org, linux-input@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org 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