[ubuntu-x] evtouch, evdev and natty

[TImo Aaltonen]

On 06.04.2011 17:46, franck wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I've seen on launchpad that starting from natty, evtouch will be removed and 
> we should use evdev instead for touchscreen.
> I've checked all around, experimented a bit but never found anything related 
> to extended touch feature using evdev like simulated right-click.
> Where evtouch is features rich for touch experience customization, evdev seems 
> to offer only the basic left-click feature.
> 
> Am I missing something?
> I currently use a tablet this is my main problem when I tried natty.

Evtouch has been unmaintained for a number of years now, that's the
reason it got removed. There is no upstream to report bugs to, and evdev
has largely replaced it's functionality anyway.

"Rich touch experience customization" sounds like gestures to me.
Probably not best handled by the driver but higher up in the stack.

t