Should touch events update the cursor position?

[Sebastian Kügler]

On Monday, October 20, 2014 15:35:55 Martin Gräßlin wrote:
> On Monday 20 October 2014 14:58:19 Sebastian Kügler wrote:
> > On Monday, October 20, 2014 14:30:50 Martin Gräßlin wrote:
> > > On Monday 20 October 2014 14:13:33 Sebastian Kügler wrote:
> > > 
> > >
> > > please specify what you mean with "does nothing" and how you run Weston
> > > (on
> > > a  VT or nested on X11).
> >
> > 
> >
> > The cursor doesn't move when running weston on its own VT. I don't see any
> > visible reaction to the touchscreen at all.
> 
> ok, but the events work, right? If you tap a button it does something? To
> me  it makes sense that the cursor doesn't move as the cursor belongs to
> the pointer device and not to the touch device.

Ah, yes. Tapping works. I hadn't tried, assuming if it doesn't move the mouse 
cursor, tapping won't work either.

> > When run under X11, the cursor moves and clicks seem to be interpreted.
> 
> I assume that the touch events on X11 are passed to Weston as pointer
> events  which makes it just a pointer and thus the cursor gets updated.

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sebas

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