FS#14160 - Add the xinput tool to ArchLinux extra

Attached to Project: Arch Linux
Opened by Damjan Georgievski (damjan) - Thursday, 09 April 2009, 17:08 GMT
Last edited by Jan de Groot (JGC) - Friday, 10 April 2009, 19:01 GMT
Task Type Feature Request
Category Packages: Extra
Status Closed
Assigned To No-one
Architecture All
Severity Low
Priority Normal
Reported Version
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 4
Private No

Details

Please add the "xinput" utility application to the ArchLinux extra repository.

xinput is especially usefull with the new X server (>1.6), where all input device handling is dynamic, since it allows querying and configuring the input devices at runtime. Just like the xrandr utility is for screens.

You can find several examples of the use of xinput at the following links:
http://who-t.blogspot.com/2009/01/tip-of-day-wheel-emulation.html
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/InputDeviceProperties

Note that it's planned for the synaptics touchpad driver to be configured via xinput instead of it's own SHM protocol.


Latest is xinput 1.4.1
http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg-announce/2009-April/000810.html

and there's a PKGBUILD in AUR already http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=6744
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Closed by  Jan de Groot (JGC)
Friday, 10 April 2009, 19:01 GMT
Reason for closing:  Implemented
Additional comments about closing:  Included in xorg-server-utils.

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