[Interest] Qt and x11/MPX

[Robert Voinea]

On Saturday 11 February 2012 11:56:49 Thiago Macieira wrote:
> On sábado, 11 de fevereiro de 2012 11.35.53, Robert Voinea wrote:
> > 1. What is the current state of multitouch in Qt/X11?
> 
> Different patches, no official implementation because future X11 plans were
> abandoned. The XInput 2.0 support that MeeGo and Mer have is a non-standard
> patch that was once submitted to the X.org guys as a proposal for having MT
> work. After a bit of time, it became clear that the protocol was inadequate
> so they started working on 2.1.
I was hoping to find something.. "official"... but I see there are just 
different implementations... I'll have to see which one matches my 
requirements.

> It took too long. By the time they had integrated XInput 2.1 into the
> protocol, all interest on furthering X11 had gone away. Therefore, Qt has no
> plans of ever supporting XInput 2, any version thereof
> 
> By that, read: none of the current Qt developers and companies backing them.
> If someone else comes along and wants to do that, it's another story.
Ok.

> > 2. Has anyone tested something similar?... Qt + Multitouch? on Linux?
> 
> It works with either the patches or with other systems than X. I'm told the
> Wayland support is good.

Well... X is not mandatory... as long as I can provide dual monitor setup and 
multi-pointer/multitouch.
I'll look into wayland...

> > 3. Is there a solution to my problem?...
> 
> Patching either Qt, or X, or both.
I was trying to use official packages...


Thank you for clearing this for me.

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