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| author | Alan Coopersmith <alan.coopersmith@oracle.com> | 2025-06-01 13:10:01 -0700 |
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| committer | Alan Coopersmith <alan.coopersmith@oracle.com> | 2025-06-01 15:33:56 -0700 |
| commit | 0b5b97bc6bad9d0dc1ae9d5de966882a86f1e55a (patch) | |
| tree | d37f75efa78b830d89aaa4fc71f8b258230d2736 | |
| parent | 96a4dc7565a57c4df2c11d5d94d744da59da747a (diff) | |
These were originally to allow distros to build using XFree86 & XF86config
names, but we haven't supported that in nearly two decades now.
Signed-off-by: Alan Coopersmith <alan.coopersmith@oracle.com>
Part-of: <https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xorg/driver/xf86-input-evdev/-/merge_requests/13>
| -rw-r--r-- | man/evdev.man | 16 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/man/evdev.man b/man/evdev.man index ee519bc..502d1d8 100644 --- a/man/evdev.man +++ b/man/evdev.man @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ .ds q \N'34' .TH EVDEV __drivermansuffix__ 2016-11-17 __vendorversion__ .SH NAME -evdev \- Generic Linux input driver +evdev \- Generic Linux input driver for Xorg .SH SYNOPSIS .nf .B "Section \*qInputDevice\*q" @@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ evdev \- Generic Linux input driver .fi .SH DESCRIPTION .B evdev -is an __xservername__ input driver for Linux\'s generic event devices. +is an Xorg input driver for Linux\'s generic event devices. It therefore supports all input devices that the kernel knows about, including most mice, keyboards, tablets, and touchscreens. .B evdev @@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ The .B evdev driver can serve as both a pointer and a keyboard input device. Multiple input devices are supported by multiple instances of this driver, -with one InputDevice section of your __xconfigfile__ for each input device +with one InputDevice section of your xorg.conf for each input device that will use this driver. .PP It is recommended that @@ -35,10 +35,10 @@ It is recommended that devices are configured through the .B InputClass directive (refer to -.BR __xconfigfile__ (__filemansuffix__)) +.BR xorg.conf (__filemansuffix__)) instead of manual per-device configuration. Devices configured in the -.BR __xconfigfile__ (__filemansuffix__) +.BR xorg.conf (__filemansuffix__) are not hot-plug capable. .SH SUPPORTED HARDWARE In general, any input device that the kernel has a driver for can be accessed @@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ driver. See the Linux kernel documentation for a complete list. .SH CONFIGURATION DETAILS Please refer to -.BR __xconfigfile__ (__filemansuffix__) +.BR xorg.conf (__filemansuffix__) for general configuration details and for options that can be used with all input drivers. This section only covers configuration details specific to this driver. @@ -363,7 +363,7 @@ Value range 0-32, 0 disables a value. .SH AUTHORS Kristian Høgsberg, Peter Hutterer .SH "SEE ALSO" -.BR __xservername__ (__appmansuffix__), -.BR __xconfigfile__ (__filemansuffix__), +.BR Xorg (__appmansuffix__), +.BR xorg.conf (__filemansuffix__), .BR Xserver (__appmansuffix__), .BR X (__miscmansuffix__) |