Re: [PATCH v1] wayland-api: added name/seatname properties to the wl_output

2014-11-10 Thread Pekka Paalanen
On Thu, 6 Nov 2014 05:36:32 + "Zhang, Xiong Y" wrote: > > > > On Fri, 17 Oct 2014 12:37:37 +0300 > > Imran Zaman wrote: > > > > > In a multi-seat configuration, clients may need to filter out the > > > outputs based on the (udev) seat it is hooked to or based on the name > > > of the outpu

RE: [PATCH v1] wayland-api: added name/seatname properties to the wl_output

2014-11-05 Thread Zhang, Xiong Y
> > On Fri, 17 Oct 2014 12:37:37 +0300 > Imran Zaman wrote: > > > In a multi-seat configuration, clients may need to filter out the > > outputs based on the (udev) seat it is hooked to or based on the name > > of the output. > > Since version of the output is increased, the change does not affec

Re: [PATCH v1] wayland-api: added name/seatname properties to the wl_output

2014-11-05 Thread Jasper St. Pierre
For future reference, wl_seat is actually more similar to the "MPX" extension for X11, which allows for multiple pointer/keyboard pairs on the same output seat. The only usecases I'm aware of for MPX are display walls and multiplayer game cabinets. On Wed, Nov 5, 2014 at 11:37 AM, Imran Zaman wro

Re: [PATCH v1] wayland-api: added name/seatname properties to the wl_output

2014-11-05 Thread Imran Zaman
Pekka, thanks a lot for the detailed explanation. Lets see which way we go. BR imran On Wed, Nov 5, 2014 at 6:32 PM, Pekka Paalanen wrote: > On Fri, 17 Oct 2014 12:37:37 +0300 > Imran Zaman wrote: > > > In a multi-seat configuration, clients may need to filter > > out the outputs based on the

Re: [PATCH v1] wayland-api: added name/seatname properties to the wl_output

2014-11-05 Thread Pekka Paalanen
On Fri, 17 Oct 2014 12:37:37 +0300 Imran Zaman wrote: > In a multi-seat configuration, clients may need to filter > out the outputs based on the (udev) seat it is hooked to or > based on the name of the output. > Since version of the output is increased, the change does > not affect the current i

[PATCH v1] wayland-api: added name/seatname properties to the wl_output

2014-10-17 Thread Imran Zaman
In a multi-seat configuration, clients may need to filter out the outputs based on the (udev) seat it is hooked to or based on the name of the output. Since version of the output is increased, the change does not affect the current implementation and is optional whoever wants to use the properties