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authorPeter Hutterer <peter.hutterer@who-t.net>2009-08-05 08:50:20 +1000
committerPeter Hutterer <peter.hutterer@who-t.net>2009-08-05 08:53:39 +1000
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man: correct XListInputDevices description of the name field.
A device's name is the identifier set either by the server the xorg.conf/HAL. The preconfigured device types (XI_MOUSE, XI_KEYBOARD, etc.) are atoms listed in the type field only. Signed-off-by: Peter Hutterer <peter.hutterer@who-t.net>
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by the server.
The type field is of type Atom and indicates the nature of the
- device.
-
- The name field contains a pointer to a null-terminated string
- that corresponds to one of the defined device types. The name
- will correspond to one of the following strings (defined in the
- header file XI.h:
+ device. The type will correspond to one of the following strings
+ (defined in the header file XI.h):
XI_MOUSE XI_TABLET XI_KEYBOARD XI_TOUCHSCREEN XI_TOUCHPAD
XI_BUTTONBOX XI_BARCODE XI_TRACKBALL XI_QUADRATURE XI_ID_MODULE
XI_ONE_KNOB XI_NINE_KNOB XI_KNOB_BOX XI_SPACEBALL XI_DATAGLOVE
XI_EYETRACKER XI_CURSORKEYS XI_FOOTMOUSE XI_JOYSTICK
- These names may be directly compared with the name field of the
- XDeviceInfo structure, or used in an XInternAtom request to
- return an atom that can be compared with the type field of the
+ These strings may be used in an XInternAtom request to return
+ an atom that can be compared with the type field of the
XDeviceInfo structure.
+ The name field contains a pointer to a null-terminated string
+ that serves as identifier of the device. This identifier may be
+ user-configured or automatically assigned by the server.
+
The num_classes field is a number in the range 0-255 that
specifies the number of input classes supported by the device
for which information is returned by ListInputDevices. Some