Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 7 Nov 2008 09:57:55 -0500 | From | "J.R. Mauro" <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] input: Add a detailed multi-touch finger data report protocol |
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On Fri, Nov 7, 2008 at 9:52 AM, Henrik Rydberg <rydberg@euromail.se> wrote: >> Have you worked with MPX? Or was a vanilla-X11 driver simple enough? >> How does this all get presented to userspace applications? Multiple >> mouse inputs or special stuff that applications would need a rewrite >> to leverage? > > MPX is about making use of multiple pointers. The MT protocol is about > making use of multiple fingers. It can in principle be used as input > to MPX applications; I will bring it up with Peter Hutterer. However, > the main aim is to bring advanced gestures to the linux desktop. > > Henrik
I think this approach is cleaner than "fooling" userspace into seeing a bunch of mice.
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