On Thu, Jul 04, 2013 at 02:00:27PM -0800, Max E wrote: > Hi Peter, > > On Thu, 2013-07-04 at 15:51 +1000, Peter Hutterer wrote: > > Hi Max, > > had a short play with it and it worked as expected. one thing I do have to > > caution you for is that the xinput commandline is not a stable API and may > > change at any time - breaking the script. You're much better off using > > proper XI2 calls in the backend. is there a python-xlib that's XI2 > > capable? > > > > Cheers, > > Peter > > That is certainly a concern, and one I noted in the README. > > It doesn't look like python-xlib has that capability just yet, although > I am actually seeing some recent commits to the project. I may ping > their mailing list and request it as a feature. > > But for now, if I were to use the X API, I'd probably need to add a C > module, using some code adapted from the xinput utility itself. This is > certainly a possibility, but there isn't necessarily any reason for me > to do it until the command line output actually _does_ change. Another > thing that might make me reconsider is if I wanted to add the ability to > edit device properties, which I guess would make it a general-purpose > input configuration tool. > > Like I said, the biggest gap in functionality right now is saving > settings permanently. Does MPX have a standard mechanism for keeping the > same configuration across reboots, or will I have to roll my own? That > might actually be another reason to use the X API directly.
there's no server configuration to configure this on startup, you will have to re-issue the commands after every reboot. fwiw, this is not generally something that's covered by Xlib or the API (i.e. the protocol) anyway, it's a feature that the server provides. all the xorg.conf options that make settings persistent are specific to the server. Cheers, Peter _______________________________________________ xorg@lists.x.org: X.Org support Archives: http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg Info: http://lists.x.org/mailman/listinfo/xorg Your subscription address: arch...@mail-archive.com
