Re: [PATCH 2.6.11-rc3] IBM Trackpoint support

From: Stephen Evanchik
Date: Sun Feb 13 2005 - 14:09:30 EST


On Mon, 7 Feb 2005 11:14:17 +0100, Vojtech Pavlik <vojtech@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Perhaps this should be done in userspace? It is probably usable on
> > non-trackpoint devices, too...
>
> For a big part it's not possible to do in userspace, because the
> touchpoint doesn't give the pressure information, it only can be mapped
> to a button click.
>
> But middle-button-to-scroll would be doable in userspace, yes.
>

Middle-to-scroll in the newer Xorg releases. I received a number of
requests from users to include this feature, I'm not sure why the Xorg
option is inadequate. It can be removed if necessary.


Stephen
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