Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261298AbVBMTIf (ORCPT ); Sun, 13 Feb 2005 14:08:35 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261296AbVBMTHp (ORCPT ); Sun, 13 Feb 2005 14:07:45 -0500 Received: from wproxy.gmail.com ([64.233.184.194]:53488 "EHLO wproxy.gmail.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261293AbVBMTHk (ORCPT ); Sun, 13 Feb 2005 14:07:40 -0500 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:reply-to:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:references; b=V6wArXLpf1qEOlk8tif4kLlt57N1EfZZcxVRsrcdwHirxDRN4lcEMBk/RY+gK9RJSh84kRdaIqFtbZ2IupE+bhKiKw4WAOx8ndEXvROVBYaeMIy9ofRREN4Yd2luM9CVOCEGA4XFHvgPzRUNXHg2AIoV+PFWkTXfFeiBGe4Kzjg= Message-ID: Date: Sun, 13 Feb 2005 14:07:39 -0500 From: Stephen Evanchik Reply-To: Stephen Evanchik To: Vojtech Pavlik Subject: Re: [PATCH 2.6.11-rc3] IBM Trackpoint support Cc: Pavel Machek , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <20050207101417.GB16443@ucw.cz> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit References: <20050205104405.GA1401@elf.ucw.cz> <20050207101417.GB16443@ucw.cz> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 865 Lines: 22 On Mon, 7 Feb 2005 11:14:17 +0100, Vojtech Pavlik wrote: > > Perhaps this should be done in userspace? It is probably usable on > > non-trackpoint devices, too... > > For a big part it's not possible to do in userspace, because the > touchpoint doesn't give the pressure information, it only can be mapped > to a button click. > > But middle-button-to-scroll would be doable in userspace, yes. > Middle-to-scroll in the newer Xorg releases. I received a number of requests from users to include this feature, I'm not sure why the Xorg option is inadequate. It can be removed if necessary. Stephen - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/