Re: My GSoC proposition: Raw Input

[Henri Verbeet]

On 4 April 2012 20:21, Eryk Wieliczko  wrote:
> I've been thinking about joining GSoC as a student this year. As an
> idea I propose Raw Input, and I seek your advise. Is this topic good,
> what are possible catches, etc.
> I think that it might be possible to finally do a decent
> implementation, that would (besides mouse and keyboard) also support
> joysticks and possibly some other input devices - tablets and multiple
> mice and keyboards.
> What do you think about this topic?

My impression of Raw Input is that it's the kind of thing that's
fairly hard even for someone already familiar with all the areas of
Wine involved. That probably makes it unsuitable for GSoC, although I
suppose there are no hard rules for what is or isn't suitable.