[PATCH] man: move ClickPad documentation into a single area
Chase Douglas
chase.douglas at canonical.com
Wed Apr 18 07:31:13 PDT 2012
On 04/17/2012 10:30 PM, Peter Hutterer wrote:
> Having to read only one section is a tad easier than collecting the separate
> options.
>
> Signed-off-by: Peter Hutterer <peter.hutterer at who-t.net>
> ---
> man/synaptics.man | 50 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------------------
> 1 file changed, 32 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/man/synaptics.man b/man/synaptics.man
> index 2cbe50e..7e510d0 100644
> --- a/man/synaptics.man
> +++ b/man/synaptics.man
> @@ -144,10 +144,9 @@ The duration of the mouse click generated by tapping. Property: "Synaptics Tap
> Durations"
> .TP 7
> .BI "Option \*qClickPad\*q \*q" boolean \*q
> -Whether the device is a click pad. A click pad device has button(s) integrated
> -into the touchpad surface. The user must press downward on the touchpad in order
> -to generated a button press. This property may be set automatically if a click
> -pad device is detected at initialization time. Property: "Synaptics ClickPad"
> +Whether the device is a click pad. See
> +.B ClickPad support
> +for more details. Property: "Synaptics ClickPad"
> .TP 7
> .BI "Option \*qFastTaps\*q \*q" boolean \*q
> Makes the driver react faster to a single tap, but also makes double
> @@ -520,20 +519,15 @@ the total height of the touchpad. Property: "Synaptics Area"
> .
> .TP
> .BI "Option \*qSoftButtonAreas\*q \*q" "RBL RBR RBT RBB MBL MBR MBT MBB" \*q
> -This option is only available on ClickPad devices.
> -Enable soft button click area support on ClickPad devices. The first four
> -parameters define the area of the right button, and the second four parameters
> -define the area of the middle button. The areas are defined by the left, right,
> -top, and bottom edges as sequential values of the property. If any edge is set
> -to 0, the button is assumed to extend to infinity in the given direction.
> -Any of the values may be given as percentage of the touchpad width or
> -height, whichever applies.
> -.
> -When the user performs a click within the defined soft button areas, the right
> -or middle click action is performed.
> -.
> -The use of soft button areas is disabled by setting all the values for the area
> -to 0. Property: "Synaptics Soft Button Areas"
> +This option is only available on ClickPad devices.
> +Enable soft button click area support on ClickPad devices.
> +The first four parameters are the left, right, top, bottom edge of the right
> +button, respectively, the second four parameters are the left, right, top,
> +bottom edge of the middle button, respectively. Any of the values may be
> +given as percentage of the touchpad width or height, whichever applies.
> +If any edge is set to 0, the button is assumed to extend to infinity in the
> +given direction. Setting all values to 0 disables soft button areas.
> +Property: "Synaptics Soft Button Areas"
> .
>
> .SH CONFIGURATION DETAILS
> @@ -782,6 +776,26 @@ Trackstick mode is exited when the finger pressure drops below
> FingerLow or when the finger is moved further than MaxTapMove away
> from the initial position.
>
> +.SS ClickPad support
> +A click pad device has button(s) integrated into the touchpad surface. The
> +user must press downward on the touchpad in order to generated a button
> +press. ClickPad support is enabled if the option
> +.B ClickPad
> +is set or the property is set at runtime. On some platforms, this option
> +will be set automatically if the kernel detects a matching device. On Linux,
> +the device must have the INPUT_PROP_BUTTONPAD property set.
> +.LP
> +ClickPads do not support middle mouse button emulation. If enabling ClickPad
> +support at runime, the user must also set the middle mouse button timeout to
> +0. If auto-detected, middle mouse button emulation is disabled by the
> +driver.
> +.LP
> +ClickPads provide software emulated buttons through
> +.B Option SoftButtonAreas.
> +These buttons enable areas on the touchpad to perform as right or middle
> +mouse button When the user performs a click within a defined soft button
Missing period ^
> +area, a right or middle click is performed.
> +
> .SH "DEVICE PROPERTIES"
> Synaptics 1.0 and higher support input device properties if the driver is
> running on X server 1.6 or higher. On these driver versions, Option
Otherwise,
Reviewed-by: Chase Douglas <chase.douglas at canonical.com>
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