[xf86-input-synaptics v3 00/14] Move X touch handling to synaptics.c

Peter Hutterer peter.hutterer at who-t.net
Sat Feb 11 00:09:20 PST 2012


On Fri, Feb 10, 2012 at 10:54:00PM +0100, Chase Douglas wrote:
> On 02/10/2012 10:52 PM, Peter Hutterer wrote:
> > I do wonder if it's worth adding an option that disables all driver gestures
> > that would otherwise interfere with MT. took me a bit to find and disable
> > all settings to get touch events.
> 
> That sounds like a bad idea to me. Options should be independent of each
> other unless it is impossible not to be. Imagine the users who
> accidentally say "I want all touch events", then enable two touch
> scrolling, then wonder why they don't get scroll events. Seems like a
> support nightmare.

yeah, fair enough. I guess we should leave stuff like this to the clients.

Cheers,
  Peter


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