Re: 2.4 xpad mouse emulation and wheel support

On Friday 16 December 2005 16:25, Richard Osborne wrote:
> I was looking at the xpad mouse emulation in the 2.4 kernel patches and
> noticed wheel handling was previously supported but has been commented
> out. Up and down on the right analog stick had been mapped to scrolling
> up and down with a mouse wheel. It was pretty easy to put back in, but I
> was wondering why it was removed in the first place. It makes
> controlling applications a lot easier when you only have a xpad
> available. Also the way the D-pad steering is implimented makes it
> impossible to move diagonally with the D-pad (e.g. up and left). A patch
> is included
>
> Richard

There's been a very strong move (not strong enough, imho) to remove mouse 
emulation.  That doesn't quite answer your question, but it does explain the 
lack of effort in general on xpad-mouse.  It's a silly thing to do in 
kernelspace, especially when there are userspace tools, such as joymouse, 
which can do it equally well.

David

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