On Tue, Sep 13, 2011 at 10:18:28AM +0200, Mohamed Ikbel Boulabiar wrote: > Hi, > > On Tue, Sep 13, 2011 at 10:09 AM, Henrik Rydberg <rydberg@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > . The question is then what behavior should be assigned to > > a large tablet without an embedded screen. It should have POINTER set > > for sure, but should it also have DIRECT set? > > Any large tablet without an embedded screen can be used in the 2 different ways: > 1. The projection on top of it so it becomes a direct device. > (this case is also used when you project 3d 120hz on top of multitouch > devices: iMuts) > > 2. Simple indirect device, even if it's large: > http://10gui.com/video/ Two-finger scroll is actually used in a direct manner in that video. (Which, btw, does display some fresh concepts. :-)) I think the bottom line is that even if the "directness" of a device is configurable, it still needs to have a default. Moreover, the notion of kernel mode settings could be applicable here too. Henrik -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-input" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
