[PATCH] First round of updates for X11R7.6 release notes
Dan Nicholson
dbn.lists at gmail.com
Thu Nov 4 20:03:00 PDT 2010
On Thu, Nov 4, 2010 at 12:48 PM, Alan Coopersmith
<alan.coopersmith at oracle.com> wrote:
> Dan Nicholson wrote:
>>> @@ -156,82 +157,52 @@ The next section describes what is new in the latest version
>>> <itemizedlist>
>>> <listitem>
>>> <para>
>>> - <firstterm>Multi-Pointer X (<acronym>MPX</acronym>)</firstterm>
>>> - provides the user with multiple independent mouse cursors and
>>> - multiple independent keyboard foci. Each cursor is a true system
>>> - cursor and different pointers can operate in multiple applications
>>> - simultaneously.
>>> + <firstterm>Xorg configuration directories</firstterm> are
>>> + used to allow fragments of the X server configuration to be
>>> + delivered in individual files. For instance, the input device
>>> + driver matching rules previously provided in HAL
>>> + <filename>.fdi</filename> files are now provided as
>>> + <filename>.conf</filename> files in a
>>> + <filename>xorg.conf.d</filename> directory.
>>
>> If you're mentioning the input driver matching, I think it would be
>> worth a "See the INPUTCLASS section in xorg.conf(5)" or something like
>> that. It's actually two features, so you could break this into two
>> paragraphs: xorg.conf.d and InputClass. Might not be worth it, though.
>
> Thanks - this sound better?
>
> @@ -157,11 +157,24 @@ The next section describes what is new in the latest versi
> <itemizedlist>
> <listitem>
> <para>
> + <firstterm>InputClass</firstterm> sections in Xorg configuration
> + files are used to apply configuration options to any input
> + device matching specified rules, such as device path,
> + type of device, device manufacturer, or other data provided
> + by the input hotplug backend. Details can be found in the
> + <literal>INPUTCLASS</literal> section of the
> + <ulink url="xorg.conf.5.html">xorg.conf(5)</ulink> manual page.
> + </para>
> + </listitem>
> +
> + <listitem>
> + <para>
> <firstterm>Xorg configuration directories</firstterm> are
> used to allow fragments of the X server configuration to be
> delivered in individual files. For instance, the input device
> driver matching rules previously provided in HAL
> <filename>.fdi</filename> files are now provided as
> + <literal>InputClass</literal> sections in
> <filename>.conf</filename> files in a
> <filename>xorg.conf.d</filename> directory.
> </para>
Great. I didn't read everything in detail, but:
Reviewed-by: Dan Nicholson <dbn.lists at gmail.com>
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