From: Nikolai Kondrashov <spbnick@gmail.com>
To: Chase Douglas <chase.douglas@canonical.com>
Cc: Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@gmail.com>,
Henrik Rydberg <rydberg@euromail.se>,
Chris Bagwell <chris@cnpbagwell.com>,
Peter Hutterer <peter.hutterer@who-t.net>,
linux-input@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/4] Documentation: Add evdev type and code definitions
Date: Fri, 17 Dec 2010 13:18:26 +0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4D0B38F2.2040409@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1292361672-2581-3-git-send-email-chase.douglas@canonical.com>
Hi Chase,
Thank you for this work :)
On 12/15/2010 12:21 AM, Chase Douglas wrote:
> +* BTN_TOOL_<name>, BTN_TOUCH:
> + - These codes are used in conjunction with input trackpads, tablets, and
> + touchscreens. These devices may be used with fingers, pens, or other tools.
> + When an event occurs and a tool is used, the corresponding BTN_TOOL_<name>
> + code should be set to a value of 1. When the tool is no longer interacting
> + with the input device, the BTN_TOOL_<name> code should be reset to 0. All
> + trackpads, tablets, and touchscreens should use at least one BTN_TOOL_<name>
> + code when events are generated. For non-tablet devices, the tool is usually
> + BTN_TOUCH.
One minor note: some cheap tablets don't send any BTN_TOOL_*, but only a
BTN_TOUCH. These include UC-Logic tablets (drivers/hid/hid-uclogic.c).
Sincerely,
Nick
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2010-12-17 10:18 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 20+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2010-12-14 21:21 [PATCH 0/4] Alternative approach to MT_TOOL_ENVELOPE Chase Douglas
2010-12-14 21:21 ` [PATCH 1/4] Revert "input: mt: Interface and MT_TOOL documentation updates" Chase Douglas
2010-12-14 21:21 ` [PATCH 2/4] Documentation: Add evdev type and code definitions Chase Douglas
2010-12-15 23:59 ` Peter Hutterer
2010-12-16 14:56 ` Chris Bagwell
2010-12-16 16:57 ` Dmitry Torokhov
2011-01-07 20:39 ` Chase Douglas
2011-01-07 20:34 ` Chase Douglas
2010-12-16 14:12 ` Henrik Rydberg
2011-01-07 20:43 ` Chase Douglas
2010-12-17 10:18 ` Nikolai Kondrashov [this message]
2010-12-14 21:21 ` [PATCH 3/4] Input: Add ABS_RECT_* legacy multitouch evdev codes Chase Douglas
2010-12-14 21:21 ` [PATCH 4/4] Input: synaptics - Add support for ABS_RECT_* Chase Douglas
2010-12-14 21:38 ` [PATCH 0/4] Alternative approach to MT_TOOL_ENVELOPE Chase Douglas
2010-12-14 22:12 ` Dmitry Torokhov
2010-12-15 0:21 ` Chase Douglas
2010-12-15 1:37 ` Henrik Rydberg
2010-12-15 7:25 ` Dmitry Torokhov
2010-12-15 17:31 ` Chase Douglas
2010-12-15 20:25 ` Chris Bagwell
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