wayland/protocol
Peter Hutterer c5356e9016 protocol: add wl_pointer.frame, axis_source, axis_stop, and axis_discrete
The frame event groups separate pointer events together. The primary use-case
for this at the moment is diagonal scrolling - a vertical/horizontal scroll
event can be grouped together to calculate the correct motion vector.
Frame events group all wl_pointer events. An example sequence of motion events
followed by a diagonal scroll followed by a button event is:
wl_pointer.motion
wl_pointer.frame
wl_pointer.motion
wl_pointer.frame
wl_pointer.axis
wl_pointer.axis
wl_pointer.frame
wl_pointer.button
wl_pointer.frame

In the future, other extensions may insert additional information about an
event into the frame. For example, an extension may add information about the
physical device that generated an event into the frame. For this reason,
enter/leave events are grouped by a frame event too.

The axis_source event determines how an axis event was generated. That enables
clients to judge when to use kinetic scrolling. Only one axis_source event is
allowed per frame and applies to all events in this frame.

The axis_stop event notifies a client about the termination of a scroll
sequence, likewise needed to calculate kinetic scrolling parameters.
Multiple axis_stop events within the same frame indicate that scrolling has
stopped in all these axis at the same time.

The axis_discrete event provides the wheel click count. Previously the axis
value was some hardcoded number (10), with the discrete steps this enables a
client to differ between line-based scrolling on a mouse wheel and smooth
scrolling with a touchpad. The axis_discrete event carries the axis
information and the discrete value and can occur at any time in the frame
provided it is ordered before the matching axis event. Specifically, this
sequence is valid:

wl_pointer.axis_source
wl_pointer.axis_discrete (vert)
wl_pointer.axis_discrete (horiz)
wl_pointer.axis (horiz)
wl_pointer.axis (vert)
wl_pointer.frame

Enter and leave event also trigger wl_pointer.frame events, where possible the
compositor should group leave and subsequent enter into the same frame. This
indicates to the client that the pointer has moved between surfaces and may
allow a client to shortcut code otherwise triggerd by the leave or enter
events.

Signed-off-by: Peter Hutterer <peter.hutterer@who-t.net>
Reviewed-by: Carlos Garnacho <carlosg@gnome.org>
Reviewed-by: Jonas Ådahl <jadahl@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Daniel Stone <daniels@collabora.com>
Reviewed-by: Bryce Harrington <bryce@osg.samsung.com>
2016-01-14 15:29:44 +08:00
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.gitignore Update .gitignore for protocol/ 2013-11-19 13:26:04 -08:00
wayland.dtd protocol: add the new bitfields to the dtd 2015-11-17 14:36:21 +02:00
wayland.xml protocol: add wl_pointer.frame, axis_source, axis_stop, and axis_discrete 2016-01-14 15:29:44 +08:00