>> That's a good idea. And since the mouse type is becoming complex, I'd
>> also switch to tagged-initialization for the data structure instead of
>> listing fields as it is done now.
> I first thought this would be a great idea, too.
> Now I think we should not do that.
I mean:
Gpm_Type mice[]={
{
name: "mman",
desc: "The \"MouseMan\" and similar devices (3/4 bytes per packet).",
synonyms: "Mouseman",
fun: M_mman,
init: I_serial,
[...]
}
};
This is tagged initialization.
> Btw, I am currently trying to get contact with Xfree's mouse maintainer
> (who seems to be more busy than me :) , so that we can merge both
> work downto one tree, like gpm is the only mouse driver and
> Xfree copies the work from us.
Please don't do that.
We have no resources, and X runs on many more platforms than gpm
does. Moreover, the X input mechanism is much more advanced than what
we have, so what you propose is technically undoable.
/alessandro