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