Thread (3 messages) 3 messages, 3 authors, 2012-01-10

Re: [PATCH] Documented input device properties.

From: Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@gmail.com>
Date: 2012-01-09 17:55:57

Hi Jussi,

On Mon, Jan 09, 2012 at 06:44:14PM +0200, Jussi Pakkanen wrote:
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 Documentation/input/event-codes.txt |   27 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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diff --git a/Documentation/input/event-codes.txt b/Documentation/input/event-codes.txt
index 23fcb05..7c515a5 100644
--- a/Documentation/input/event-codes.txt
+++ b/Documentation/input/event-codes.txt
@@ -220,6 +220,33 @@ EV_PWR:
 EV_PWR events are a special type of event used specifically for power
 mangement. Its usage is not well defined. To be addressed later.
 
+Device properties:
+=================
+
+INPUT_PROP_POINTER:
+------------------
+There is a one to one mapping between the device coordinates and
+screen coordinates.
This is not correct as touchpads fall firmly into INPUT_PROP_POINTER
land and certainly do not have 1:1 relationship between on-screen and
device coordinates.
This property only has meaning for non-touch based
+input such as a pen or an eraser. A drawing tablet would have this property
+set.
Wacom Bamboo touch can be said is touch based but still is a pointer
device. Basically pointer device is one that requires use of an
on-screen pointer to reflect user's movement while with direct devices
touching object itself serves as a pointer to the user.

Thanks.

-- 
Dmitry
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