Saving config to calibrator's generic format and restoring calibration from this file

[navrocky]

New parameters is: --output-type calibrator, --restore config

This can be useful in case when I don't have access to xorg.conf. So now I can save calibration config to file:

xinput_calibrator --output-type calibrator --output-filename calibration.conf

later I can restore calibration:

xinput_calibrator --restore calibration.conf

[tias]

Hi Navrocky,

I don't oppose the patch, but I don't really see the use case: you save the clicks to a file, and at a later moment in time you pretend that those clicks have just been clicked? That could make sense in a testing environment, but you have another use for it?

Also, 'restore' sounds as if you want to restore a previous calibration. However, it looks like you are not restoring (you do not save a previous configuration, but rather the new clicks) but rather emulating? Do you agree?

Kind regards, Tias

[navrocky]

14.02.2014 02:42, Tias Guns пишет:

Hi Navrocky,

I don't oppose the patch, but I don't really see the use case: you save the clicks to a file, and at a later moment in time you pretend that those clicks have just been clicked? That could make sense in a testing environment, but you have another use for it?

I'm writing a terminal GUI. At the first terminal start it is a calibration step. I checks that calibration config file isn't exists and starts xinput_calibrator to generate this one, otherwise I execute my terminal gui as usual. It's much easier to save calibration results into the config file than modify X11 config from a batch file.

Also, 'restore' sounds as if you want to restore a previous calibration. However, it looks like you are not restoring (you do not save a previous configuration, but rather the new clicks) but rather emulating? Do you agree?

I confirm that i save user clicks to the file. Restore action just replays this clicks from the file without showing xinput_calibrator gui. This method just works as expected for me.

Best regards, Vladislav Navrocky