Re: X compiled for evdev?

[Brad H. <bh...@bi...>]

On Tue, 23 Jul 2002 17:13, Vojtech Pavlik wrote:
> On Sun, Jul 21, 2002 at 12:22:11PM -0700, James Gibson wrote:
> > On Sun, 21 Jul 2002, Scot Wilcoxon wrote:
> > > A long time ago, James Simmons generously inscribed:
> > >  >> You can have multiple keyboards:
> > >  >
> > >  >	o either they get merged and look like one keyboard
> > >  >	o or, if you use the X Input extension, it appears as another
> > >  > input device.
> > >
> > > I just wanted to point out a need for input "filters".  It would be
> > > helpful to be able to redirect input from specific devices, or to
> > > filter input through a userland program.
> >
> > <snip>
>
> We have the uinput device, which allows the userspace to create a new
> input device and feed it with synthetic events. I guess this is enough.
I like this. However it appears to only support a single device. Any reason?

Brad
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