On Tue, Apr 09, 2024 at 03:23:52PM +1000, Peter Hutterer wrote: > On 09/04/2024 09:31, Dmitry Torokhov wrote: > > Hi Mark, > > > > On Sun, Mar 24, 2024 at 05:07:58PM -0400, Mark Pearson wrote: > > > Add support for new input events on Lenovo laptops that need exporting to > > > user space. > > > > > > Lenovo trackpoints are adding the ability to generate a doubletap event. > > > Add a new keycode to allow this to be used by userspace. > > > > What is the intended meaning of this keycode? How does it differ from > > the driver sending BTN_LEFT press/release twice? > > > > > > Lenovo support is using FN+N with Windows to collect needed details for > > > support cases. Add a keycode so that we'll be able to provide similar > > > support on Linux. > > > > Is there a userspace consumer for this? > > Funnily enough XKB has had a keysym for this for decades but it's not > hooked up anywhere due to the way it's pointer keys accessibility > feature was implemented. Theory is that most of userspace just needs > to patch the various pieces together for the new evdev code + keysym, > it's not really any different to handling a volume key (except this > one needs to be assignable). What is the keysym? If we can make them relatable to each other that would be good. Or maybe we could find a matching usage from HID usage tables... Thanks. -- Dmitry
