Xinput button mapping and middle button emulation
Peter Hutterer
peter.hutterer at who-t.net
Mon Oct 24 23:59:06 UTC 2016
On Mon, Oct 24, 2016 at 05:02:47PM +0200, Tobia Conforto wrote:
> Hi Peter
> (and list)
>
> After some digging, I found that the mapping from mouse scan code to
> button number is hardcoded in the kernel driver[1], so I patched the
> evdev Xorg driver to add an Emulate3Button option. It configures the
> button number to emit when pressing left and right together. I
> followed the style I found in the rest of the evdev driver, including
> comments and man page, so I hope you'll be able to merge it.
yes, thanks. please re-submit as signed-off git-formatted patch though, one
nitpick below. Oh, and patches go to xorg-devel@, not xorg@
> Tobia
>
> [1] https://github.com/torvalds/linux/blob/master/drivers/hid/hid-kensington.c
> diff -ruwB xserver-xorg-input-evdev-2.10.1/aclocal.m4 xserver-xorg-input-evdev-2.10.1/aclocal.m4
> --- xserver-xorg-input-evdev-2.10.1/include/evdev-properties.h 2015-08-11 07:19:19.000000000 +0200
> +++ xserver-xorg-input-evdev-2.10.1_tobia/include/evdev-properties.h 2016-10-24 13:20:20.162688937 +0200
> @@ -33,6 +33,8 @@
> #define EVDEV_PROP_MIDBUTTON "Evdev Middle Button Emulation"
> /* CARD32 */
> #define EVDEV_PROP_MIDBUTTON_TIMEOUT "Evdev Middle Button Timeout"
> +/* CARD8 */
> +#define EVDEV_PROP_MIDBUTTON_BUTTON "Evdev Middle Button Button"
>
> /* Wheel emulation */
> /* BOOL */
> diff -ruwB xserver-xorg-input-evdev-2.10.1/include/Makefile.in xserver-xorg-input-evdev-2.10.1/include/Makefile.in
> --- xserver-xorg-input-evdev-2.10.1/man/evdev.man 2015-12-03 05:40:25.000000000 +0100
> +++ xserver-xorg-input-evdev-2.10.1_tobia/man/evdev.man 2016-10-24 13:20:29.750703671 +0200
> @@ -94,6 +94,11 @@
> if two buttons where pressed "simultaneously" when 3 button emulation is
> enabled. Default: 50. Property: "Evdev Middle Button Timeout".
> .TP 7
> +.BI "Option \*qEmulate3Button\*q \*q" integer \*q
> +Specifies the physical button number to be emitted if middle button emulation
> +is triggered.
> +Default: 2. Property: "Evdev Middle Button Button".
> +.TP 7
> .BI "Option \*qEmulateWheel\*q \*q" boolean \*q
> Enable/disable "wheel" emulation. Wheel emulation means emulating button
> press/release events when the mouse is moved while a specific real button
> diff -ruwB xserver-xorg-input-evdev-2.10.1/man/Makefile.in xserver-xorg-input-evdev-2.10.1/man/Makefile.in
> --- xserver-xorg-input-evdev-2.10.1/src/emuMB.c 2015-11-27 01:51:26.000000000 +0100
> +++ xserver-xorg-input-evdev-2.10.1_tobia/src/emuMB.c 2016-10-24 13:18:44.594541356 +0200
> @@ -45,6 +45,7 @@
>
> static Atom prop_mbemu = 0; /* Middle button emulation on/off property */
> static Atom prop_mbtimeout = 0; /* Middle button timeout property */
> +static Atom prop_mbbutton = 0; /* Middle button target physical button */
> /*
> * Lets create a simple finite-state machine for 3 button emulation:
> *
> @@ -191,7 +192,8 @@
>
> pEvdev->emulateMB.pending = FALSE;
> if ((id = stateTab[pEvdev->emulateMB.state][4][0]) != 0) {
> - EvdevPostButtonEvent(pInfo, abs(id),
> + EvdevPostButtonEvent(pInfo,
> + abs(id) == 2 ? pEvdev->emulateMB.button : abs(id),
> (id >= 0) ? BUTTON_PRESS : BUTTON_RELEASE);
> pEvdev->emulateMB.state =
> stateTab[pEvdev->emulateMB.state][4][2];
> @@ -237,12 +239,16 @@
>
> if ((id = stateTab[pEvdev->emulateMB.state][*btstate][0]) != 0)
> {
> - EvdevQueueButtonEvent(pInfo, abs(id), (id >= 0));
> + EvdevQueueButtonEvent(pInfo,
> + abs(id) == 2 ? pEvdev->emulateMB.button : abs(id),
split that out into an assignment and the Queue call please, this is getting
too nested.
also, good lord, that state machine... I think we should clean that one up
and start using some enums and structs instead of just some wall of
magic numbers. feel free to volunteer for that ;)
the rest looks good, thanks.
Cheers,
Peter
> + id >= 0);
> ret = TRUE;
> }
> if ((id = stateTab[pEvdev->emulateMB.state][*btstate][1]) != 0)
> {
> - EvdevQueueButtonEvent(pInfo, abs(id), (id >= 0));
> + EvdevQueueButtonEvent(pInfo,
> + abs(id) == 2 ? pEvdev->emulateMB.button : abs(id),
> + id >= 0);
> ret = TRUE;
> }
>
> @@ -304,6 +310,8 @@
> FALSE);
> pEvdev->emulateMB.timeout = xf86SetIntOption(pInfo->options,
> "Emulate3Timeout", 50);
> + pEvdev->emulateMB.button = xf86SetIntOption(pInfo->options,
> + "Emulate3Button", 2);
> }
>
> void
> @@ -350,6 +358,13 @@
>
> if (!checkonly)
> pEvdev->emulateMB.timeout = *((CARD32*)val->data);
> + } else if (atom == prop_mbbutton)
> + {
> + if (val->format != 8 || val->size != 1 || val->type != XA_INTEGER)
> + return BadMatch;
> +
> + if (!checkonly)
> + pEvdev->emulateMB.button = *((CARD8*)val->data);
> }
>
> return Success;
> @@ -368,6 +383,7 @@
> if (!dev->button) /* don't init prop for keyboards */
> return;
>
> + /* middle button emulation on/off */
> prop_mbemu = MakeAtom(EVDEV_PROP_MIDBUTTON, strlen(EVDEV_PROP_MIDBUTTON), TRUE);
> rc = XIChangeDeviceProperty(dev, prop_mbemu, XA_INTEGER, 8,
> PropModeReplace, 1,
> @@ -377,6 +393,7 @@
> return;
> XISetDevicePropertyDeletable(dev, prop_mbemu, FALSE);
>
> + /* middle button emulation timeout */
> prop_mbtimeout = MakeAtom(EVDEV_PROP_MIDBUTTON_TIMEOUT,
> strlen(EVDEV_PROP_MIDBUTTON_TIMEOUT),
> TRUE);
> @@ -387,5 +404,16 @@
> return;
> XISetDevicePropertyDeletable(dev, prop_mbtimeout, FALSE);
>
> + /* middle button emulation button to be triggered */
> + prop_mbbutton = MakeAtom(EVDEV_PROP_MIDBUTTON_BUTTON,
> + strlen(EVDEV_PROP_MIDBUTTON_BUTTON),
> + TRUE);
> + rc = XIChangeDeviceProperty(dev, prop_mbbutton, XA_INTEGER, 8, PropModeReplace, 1,
> + &pEvdev->emulateMB.button, FALSE);
> +
> + if (rc != Success)
> + return;
> + XISetDevicePropertyDeletable(dev, prop_mbbutton, FALSE);
> +
> XIRegisterPropertyHandler(dev, EvdevMBEmuSetProperty, NULL, NULL);
> }
> diff -ruwB xserver-xorg-input-evdev-2.10.1/src/evdev.h xserver-xorg-input-evdev-2.10.1/src/evdev.h
> --- xserver-xorg-input-evdev-2.10.1/src/evdev.h 2015-12-03 05:40:25.000000000 +0100
> +++ xserver-xorg-input-evdev-2.10.1_tobia/src/evdev.h 2016-10-24 12:54:25.420994459 +0200
> @@ -181,6 +181,7 @@
> BOOL enabled;
> BOOL pending; /* timer waiting? */
> int buttonstate; /* phys. button state */
> + int button; /* phys button to emit */
> int state; /* state machine (see bt3emu.c) */
> Time expires; /* time of expiry */
> Time timeout;
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