On Tue, Dec 01, 2015 at 06:48:41PM -0800, Bill Spitzak wrote:
> On Tue, Dec 1, 2015 at 5:46 PM, Peter Hutterer <peter.hutte...@who-t.net>
> wrote:
>
> >
> > + switch (tool->type) {
> > + case LIBINPUT_TABLET_TOOL_TYPE_PEN:
> > + strtype = "PEN";
> > + break;
> > + case LIBINPUT_TABLET_TOOL_TYPE_BRUSH:
> > + strtype = "BRUSH";
> > + break;
> > + case LIBINPUT_TABLET_TOOL_TYPE_AIRBRUSH:
> > + strtype = "AIRBRUSH";
> > + break;
> > + case LIBINPUT_TABLET_TOOL_TYPE_PENCIL:
> > + strtype = "PENCIL";
> > + break;
> > + case LIBINPUT_TABLET_TOOL_TYPE_ERASER:
> > + strtype = "RUBBER";
> > + break;
> >
> > Is there a good reason for this inconsistency in the strings? Ie why isn't
> the last strtype "ERASER".
I suspect whoever submitted the linux/input.h patches was a Brit. Everything
Wacom-related, driver and userspace, refers to it as eraser. Since this is a
hardware-property that effectively overrides kernel data we stick with the
kernel terminology, in libinput we use American English to prevent the 'u'
key from wearing out.
Cheers,
Peter
_______________________________________________
wayland-devel mailing list
wayland-devel@lists.freedesktop.org
http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/wayland-devel
