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| author | Peter Hutterer <peter.hutterer@who-t.net> | 2019-10-22 12:10:03 +1000 |
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| committer | Peter Hutterer <peter.hutterer@who-t.net> | 2019-10-23 08:00:44 +1000 |
| commit | 8011d991fee4a5e1d9c52cd7809c160e793c1ab7 (patch) | |
| tree | 76c57494b55552164039b8cca6591d4cab2fa4f1 /doc | |
| parent | 17ec6ac79d48ad3f1d7290e4698987f860e7cf8f (diff) | |
| download | libinput-8011d991fee4a5e1d9c52cd7809c160e793c1ab7.tar.gz | |
doc/user: add a faq entry about the pointer acceleration "issue"
Despite many bits wasted on reddit, phoronix, lwn etc. no-one seems interested
in actually fixing this for their device, so let's at least add a FAQ entry.
Signed-off-by: Peter Hutterer <peter.hutterer@who-t.net>
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| -rw-r--r-- | doc/user/faqs.rst | 12 |
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/doc/user/faqs.rst b/doc/user/faqs.rst index 4de7a3fc..7cd6113d 100644 --- a/doc/user/faqs.rst +++ b/doc/user/faqs.rst @@ -42,6 +42,18 @@ This is a symptom of an invalid trackpoint multiplier. These devices need pointer acceleration accordingly. See :ref:`trackpoint_range` for a detailed explanation. +.. _faq_pointer_acceleration: + +------------------------------------------------------------------------------ +Why is libinput's pointer acceleration worse than synaptics/evdev +------------------------------------------------------------------------------ + +This is a known problem affecting some devices and/or use-case but the exact +cause is still unknown. It may be a device-specific issue, it may be a bug +in libinput's acceleration code, it may be a disagreement about how pointer +acceleration should feel. Unfortunately this is something that affected +users need to investigate and analyze. + .. _faq_enable_tapping: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |