pointer acceleration property rename and docs
Fernando Carrijo
fcarrijo at yahoo.com.br
Wed Jan 6 22:24:46 PST 2010
Hi Simon,
Here's a couple of typos to be corrected before they go upstream.
On Wed, 06 Jan 2010 20:27:34 +0100, Simon Thum <simon.thum at gmx.de> wrote:
> From 920c13502f8184c18a0e7e6f362f0b5a75463267 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
> From: Simon Thum <simon.thum at gmx.de>
> Date: Wed, 6 Jan 2010 19:43:59 +0100
> Subject: [PATCH 3/5] xfree86: document pointer acceleration in xorg.conf.man
>
> ---
> hw/xfree86/doc/man/xorg.conf.man.pre | 44 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> 1 files changed, 44 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/hw/xfree86/doc/man/xorg.conf.man.pre b/hw/xfree86/doc/man/xorg.conf.man.pre
> index 9420dfe..1b88ecb 100644
> --- a/hw/xfree86/doc/man/xorg.conf.man.pre
> +++ b/hw/xfree86/doc/man/xorg.conf.man.pre
> @@ -915,6 +915,50 @@ may be reattached or set floating at runtime.
> .TP 7
> .BI "Option \*qSendDragEvents\*q \*q" boolean \*q
> Send core events while dragging. Enabled by default.
> +.PP
> +For pointing devices, the following options control how the pointer
> +is accelerated or decelerated with respect to physical device motion. Most of
> +these can be adjusted at runtime, see the xinput(1) man page for details. Only
> +the most important acceleration options are discussed here.
> +.TP 7
> +.BI "Option \*qAccelerationProfile\*q \*q" integer \*q
> +Select the profile, which determines actual acceleration as a function of
> +device velocity and acceleration controls (acceleartion and threshold, dubbed
^^^^^^^^^^^^
> +pointer feedback). This is mainly a matter of personal preference.
> +.PP
> +.RS 6
> +.nf
> +.B " 0 classic (mostly compatible)"
> +.B "-1 none (only constant deceleration is applied)"
> +.B " 1 device-dependent"
> +.B " 2 polynomial (polynomial function)"
> +.B " 3 smooth linear (hockey)"
> +.B " 4 simple (normal wehn slow, then accelerated)"
^^^^
> +.B " 5 power (power function)"
> +.B " 6 linear (more speed, more acceleration)"
> +.B " 7 limited (like linear, but maxes out at threshold)"
Cheers,
Fernando Carrijo.
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