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author | Matthieu Herrb <matthieu@cvs.openbsd.org> | 2019-08-15 17:38:25 +0000 |
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committer | Matthieu Herrb <matthieu@cvs.openbsd.org> | 2019-08-15 17:38:25 +0000 |
commit | 7e618deef6c0cf7d2d9398f7c10c9885efb8b5c3 (patch) | |
tree | eb11f88027d3bca3ded55e9fcf455f1114a401ab /app/xinput/man | |
parent | dd4a2a41edc7f2346f70b80294bc5942e5097638 (diff) |
Update to xinput 1.6.3
Diffstat (limited to 'app/xinput/man')
-rw-r--r-- | app/xinput/man/xinput.man | 27 |
1 files changed, 26 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/app/xinput/man/xinput.man b/app/xinput/man/xinput.man index 87be8c7a3..a9b2148e9 100644 --- a/app/xinput/man/xinput.man +++ b/app/xinput/man/xinput.man @@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ instead. .B --set\-prop [\-\-type=\fIatom|float|int\fP] [\-\-format=\fI8|16|32\fP] \fIdevice\fP \fIproperty\fP \fIvalue\fP [...] Set the property to the given value(s). If not specified, the format and type of the property are left as-is. The arguments are interpreted according to the -property type. +property type. See Section \fICHANGING PROPERTIES\fP. .PP .TP 8 .B --watch-props \fIdevice\fP @@ -171,6 +171,31 @@ device. .PP \fIproperty\fP can be the property as a string or the Atom value. .PP +.SH "CHANGING PROPERTIES" +When xinput should modify an existing driver property value, it is +sufficient to provide the device name and property name as string, followed +by the new value(s) of the property. For example: +.IP +\fBxinput set-prop "my device" "my prop" 1 2 3\fB + +.SH "XWAYLAND" +Xwayland is an X server that uses a Wayland Compositor as backend. +Xwayland acts as translation layer between the X protocol and the Wayland +protocol but does not have direct access to the hardware. The X Input +Extension devices created by Xwayland ("xwayland-pointer", +"xwayland-keyboard", etc.) map to the Wayland protocol devices, +not to physical devices. +.PP +These X Input Extension devices are only visible to other X clients +connected to the same Xwayland process. Changing properties on Xwayland +devices only affects the behavior of those clients. For example, disabling +an Xwayland device with xinput does not disable the device in Wayland-native +applications. Other changes may not have any effect at all. +.PP +In most instances, using xinput with an Xwayland device is indicative of a +bug in a shell script and xinput will print a warning. Use the Wayland +Compositor's native device configuration methods instead. + .SH "SEE ALSO" X(__miscmansuffix__), xset(__appmansuffix__), xrandr(__appmansuffix__) .SH COPYRIGHT |