[PATCH xsetmode] Remove dead code the-l option

Thomas Klausner wiz at NetBSD.org
Thu Jul 11 03:43:59 PDT 2013


On Wed, Jul 10, 2013 at 02:17:35PM +1000, Peter Hutterer wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 09, 2013 at 10:41:42AM +0200, Thomas Klausner wrote:
> > We still have it in pkgsrc. If you give me a good reason I can remove
> > it. Like: what is the replacement, or why is it completely unneeded.
> 
> xsetmode still works on devices that support multiple mode, the hooks are
> still there so functionally there's nothing wrong with it. xinput has
> replaced it though, you get the same with
>   xinput --set-mode "device name" ABSOLUTE
> since xinput is actively maintained, I recommend using that instead.
> 
> xsetpointer sets an input device as the core pointer. This dates back to
> when an extension device could not be a core device at the same time and is
> obsolete since server 1.4 (2006 or so I think). the request always fails
> now (96e32805d12fc36f0fa0926dbfb0dd8a5cadb739).
> xinput set-pointer is the equiv xsetpointer, but still doesn't do anything,
> that app is truly dead.

Thanks for the information. I've removed both from pkgsrc.
 Thomas


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