Messages in this thread Patch in this message | | | Date | Mon, 12 Dec 2005 12:45:29 +0100 | From | Pavel Machek <> | Subject | Re: Mouse button swapping |
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Hi!
> I produced a small patch that allows one to flip the mouse buttons at the > kernel level. This is useful for changing it on a per-system basis, i.e. it > will affect gpm, X and VMware all at once. It is changeable through > /sys/module/mousedev/swap_buttons at runtime. Is this something mainline would > be interested in?
Hopefully not. This should _not_ be done at kernel level. But fixing X, gpm and vmware to load same config would be nice.... Pavel
> diff -dpru a/drivers/input/mousedev.c b/drivers/input/mousedev.c > --- a/drivers/input/mousedev.c 2005-10-22 20:59:22.000000000 +0200 > +++ b/drivers/input/mousedev.c 2005-11-22 19:32:01.000000000 +0100 > @@ -40,6 +40,10 @@ MODULE_LICENSE("GPL"); > #define CONFIG_INPUT_MOUSEDEV_SCREEN_Y 768 > #endif > > +static unsigned int swap_buttons = 0; > +module_param(swap_buttons, uint, 0644); > +MODULE_PARM_DESC(swap_buttons, "Swap left and right mouse buttons"); > + > static int xres = CONFIG_INPUT_MOUSEDEV_SCREEN_X; > module_param(xres, uint, 0); > MODULE_PARM_DESC(xres, "Horizontal screen resolution"); > @@ -191,10 +195,10 @@ static void mousedev_key_event(struct mo > case BTN_TOUCH: > case BTN_0: > case BTN_FORWARD: > - case BTN_LEFT: index = 0; break; > + case BTN_LEFT: index = !!swap_buttons; break; > case BTN_STYLUS: > case BTN_1: > - case BTN_RIGHT: index = 1; break; > + case BTN_RIGHT: index = !swap_buttons; break; > case BTN_2: > case BTN_STYLUS2: > case BTN_MIDDLE: index = 2; break; > # eof > > > Jan Engelhardt
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