Discussion seems to have died down, so I'd like to propose a design. If there are any comments you'd like to make, be sure to get them in. I hope to start start the coding phase on Monday, and the less backpedaling I have to do, the better :)
I plan on exposing the three "hardware control buttons" from the kernel with KEY events. The rightmost button will send KEY_PROG1 when the touchstrip sends 0x0001, 0x0002, or 0x0004. The middle button will send KEY_PROG2 when the touchstrip sends 0x0020, 0x0040, or 0x0080. The leftmost button will send KEY_PROG3 when the touchstrip sends 0x0400, 0x0800, or 0x1000. The initial implementation in the xf86-input-wacom driver will have these events treated identically to BTN_* events. Since this tablet will exceed WCM_MAX_MOUSE_BUTTONS, it may be necessary to bump the value of this up somewhat. While I've done minimal testing that shows increased values work, I'd feel a *lot* better if I knew the reason behind its present value. The second touchring will be exposed from the kernel either on a new ABS_WHEEL2 axis (if approved by Dmitry) or the ABS_RUDDER axis (if we can't add a new axis). The xf86-input-wacom driver will add a new field to WacomDeviceState which will store the value from this axis. The raw value for this axis will be sent out in a 7th valuator. It will be treated similar to "abswheel", meaning that by default it will be set up to act as a scroll wheel. To allow configuration of this behavior, the "Wacom Wheel Buttons" property will be expanded to incorporate space for two additional buttons corresponding to each scroll direction. Additionally, xsetwacom will be modified to include "WheelRightUp" and "WheelRightDown" options to set these appropriately. Jason --- Day xee-nee-svsh duu-'ushtlh-ts'it; nuu-wee-ya' duu-xan' 'vm-nvshtlh-ts'it. Huu-chan xuu naa~-gha. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ All of the data generated in your IT infrastructure is seriously valuable. Why? It contains a definitive record of application performance, security threats, fraudulent activity, and more. Splunk takes this data and makes sense of it. IT sense. And common sense. http://p.sf.net/sfu/splunk-d2dcopy2 _______________________________________________ Linuxwacom-devel mailing list Linuxwacom-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linuxwacom-devel
