Hi, 2017-05-17 10:05 GMT+09:00 Nicholas D Steeves <nstee...@gmail.com>: > Hi Nobuhiro, > > On Mon, May 08, 2017 at 08:10:59AM +0900, Nobuhiro Iwamatsu wrote: >> Hi, >> >> 2017-05-03 7:11 GMT+09:00 Nicholas D Steeves <nstee...@gmail.com>: >> > Control: retitle -1 xserver-xorg-input-multitouch -- new version available >> > >> >> Current installed vetsion is 1.0~rc2+git20110312-2, not 1.0~rc2. >> This version includes following commit: >> >> > git log --pretty=oneline v1.0-rc2..v1.0-rc3 >> > 55ab6c4ecb43e6f2ec34b36533ef308d00a709e4 xf86-input-multitouch v1.0-rc3 >> > 4d87c041f6a232aa30528d70d4b9946d1824b4ed Four finger swipes in multitouch >> > afbbc4b9470869933223e3970c7a63f1c52c1d69 Makefile: make LIBDIR configurable >> > 161026ce49526593d0ebfd96a7c087e3e1b0f9f5 Add missing thumb reset at state >> > extraction >> > 1db2e14bed379bbf1c5f3140a903437b146c5cce Fix event flood in tap handling >> > a12ed738095819beab0b42c6c8a1566c063bb79e Support XINPUT 12 > > So 1.0~rc2+git20110312-2 is equivalent to upstream's rc3 and includes > these six commits?
Yes. > >> > Are these features available using another driver? Given how I've >> > seen Macbook powerusers use their touchpads, four finger swipes are >> > fairly important. Also, what is the severity of missing XINPUT 12 >> > support? >> > >> >> We can use xserver-xorg-input-mtrack instead of >> xserver-xorg-input-multitouch. >> Could you use xserver-xorg-input-mtrack? > > I had to read up on the mtrack driver. Yes, from what I've been able > to find it would work. Is it an upstream fork of > xserver-xorg-input-multitouch? Yes, mtrack driver forked from multitouch. > I'll have to ask my Macbook using > friends to test this, because I only have an old Thinkpad. > Unfortunately this also means I can't responsibly write Debian on > Macbook documentation either. > > If git20110312 is really rc3 than this bug be closed, but if > xserver-xorg-input-multitouch isn't depreciated (and replaced) by > xserver-xorg-input-mtrack then I think our wiki would benefit from an > explanation of when it's better (or necessary) to use one rather than > the other. > > https://wiki.debian.org/SynapticsTouchpad > > A really nice document: > https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Mac#Touchpad > > Configuration example for xserver-xorg-input-multitouch that is > apparently feels very similar to OS X: > https://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1334696&page=36&p=10557093#post10557093 > The multitouch driver can not set detailed settings compared with mtrack. I don't have a Thinkpad, but I am using this driver on my Macbook. By the way, as Debian 9 was released, I plan to immediately upload RC 3 to unstable. Please contact me if you want to use this in stable. I will upload this to backports. > Sincerely, > Nicholas > > P.S. Please CC Bug #826008 and me Best regards, Nobuhiro -- Nobuhiro Iwamatsu iwamatsu at {nigauri.org / debian.org} GPG ID: 40AD1FA6
