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SubjectRe: [PATCH 3/5] input: wacom: Add support for the Bamboo Touch trackpad (rev3)
On Fri, Sep 03, 2010 at 05:30:27PM +0200, Ping Cheng wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 3, 2010 at 3:06 PM, Henrik Rydberg <rydberg@euromail.se> wrote:
> > On 09/03/2010 03:01 PM, Ping Cheng wrote:
> > [...]
> >
> >> +     input_report_key(input, BTN_LEFT, (data[1] & 0x08) != 0);
> >> +     input_report_key(input, BTN_MIDDLE, (data[1] & 0x04) != 0);
> >> +     input_report_key(input, BTN_4, (data[1] & 0x02) != 0);
> >> +     input_report_key(input, BTN_RIGHT, (data[1] & 0x01) != 0);
> >>
> >> Since you are assigning meaningful defaults to three of the tablet
> >> buttons instead of using BTN_#, can we move one more step to make the
> >> fourth button useful out-of-box too? I am thinking of something like
> >> BTN_FORWARD and BTN_BACK while getting rid of the BTN_MIDDLE. So, it
> >> would be:
> >>
> >>       input_report_key(input, BTN_LEFT, (data[1] & 0x08) != 0);
> >>       input_report_key(input, BTN_FORWARD, (data[1] & 0x04) != 0);
> >>       input_report_key(input, BTN_BACK, (data[1] & 0x02) != 0);
> >>       input_report_key(input, BTN_RIGHT, (data[1] & 0x01) != 0);
> >>
> >> Does this make sense to you?
> >
> >
> > Well, this is all a matter of taste, isn't it. If middle-button emulation works
> > out of the box, for the benefit of us old X users who seem unwilling to ever let
> > go of the click-to-paste functionality, then I would not mind terribly.
>
> I agree and I use middle click more than right click myself ;). I just
> wanted to give BTN_4 a life. If no one has a good suggestion for that,
> I can live with it.
>

Another option could be allowing usirs to remap buttons via EVIOGSKEYCODE.

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Dmitry
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