From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=44223 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1PdU0u-0001mh-V5 for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Thu, 13 Jan 2011 15:43:22 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1PdU0s-0003hc-Ui for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Thu, 13 Jan 2011 15:43:19 -0500 Received: from mail-qw0-f45.google.com ([209.85.216.45]:42113) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1PdU0s-0003hV-SE for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Thu, 13 Jan 2011 15:43:18 -0500 Received: by qwk4 with SMTP id 4so2186646qwk.4 for ; Thu, 13 Jan 2011 12:43:18 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <4D2F63E4.4030407@codemonkey.ws> Date: Thu, 13 Jan 2011 14:43:16 -0600 From: Anthony Liguori MIME-Version: 1.0 Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] paravirtual mouse/tablet References: <4D2ED1C8.7070304@redhat.com> <4D2F1FA3.5030701@codemonkey.ws> <4D2F24EE.6070505@redhat.com> <4D2F2AB3.4020907@codemonkey.ws> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit List-Id: qemu-devel.nongnu.org List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , To: Alexander Graf Cc: "qemu-devel@nongnu.org" , spice-devel , Avi Kivity , Gerd Hoffmann On 01/13/2011 11:13 AM, Alexander Graf wrote: > >> Yes, I had intended to do that but left it out. >> >> Should it be a bitmask or just a button count? Buttons really have no standard meaning so usually a button count is sufficient. >> > Some random thoughts: > > * multitouch capabilities would be good to design in a mouse protocol for 2011, so having say 16 x/y pairs would be better > * on mac os at least scrolling is not done by pressing virtual buttons, but by having a separate scroll interface that knows about velocity and such - maybe worth adding that to the protocol from the beginning too. > Features negotiation takes care of this. Regards, Anthony Liguori > > Alex > >