Why is not enabled TapButton of touchpad on Fedora by default?

[Peter Hutterer]

On Tue, Dec 11, 2012 at 11:26:14PM +0000, Sérgio Basto wrote:
> On Sex, 2012-09-21 at 01:14 +1000, Peter Hutterer wrote: 
> > On Fri, Sep 21, 2012 at 12:48:34AM +1000, Peter Hutterer wrote:
> > > On Wed, Sep 12, 2012 at 04:44:48PM +1000, Ankur Sinha wrote:
> > > > On Tue, 2012-09-11 at 23:16 -0700, Adam Williamson wrote:
> > > > > So instead of /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/50-synaptics.conf you should 
> > > > > create /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/50-synaptics.conf . Other than that, I
> > > > > think 
> > > > > the advice is good. 
> > > > 
> > > > Hi,
> > > > 
> > > > Thanks Adam, Onuralp, Alvaro.
> > > > 
> > > > I've created a page here[1]. Please review it and correct it if
> > > > required.
> > > > 
> > > > [1] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/How_to_enable_touchpad_click
> > >  
> > > For xorg.conf.d snippets, use this section instead:
> > > 
> > > Section "InputClass"
> > >    Identifier "Enable touchpad tapping"
> > >    MatchDriver "synaptics"
> > >    Option "TapButton" "1"
> > > EndSection
> > 
> > I forgot, this is also described here:
> > https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Input_device_configuration#Example:_Tap-to-click
> 
> Seeing 
> cat /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/00-system-setup-keyboard.conf 
> # This file is autogenerated by system-setup-keyboard. Any 
> # modifications will be lost.

this file is deprecated and should've been removed in the F17 cycle by
systemd-localed. if it's still there, you can remove it.

> I remembered that Fedora also could make system-config-synaptics like
> others system-configs .

touchpad settings are generally quite user-specific. while IMO it's
reasonable to have a system-wide default keyboard layout that is non-US we
don't need the same for synaptics. the driver will come up with defaults and
the touchpad will be usable. for real configuration (e.g. scroll methods)
the desktop environment should provide a way to configure it on a per-user
basis.

> and command system-setup-keyboard is not present in F18, we got
> localectl set-x11-keymap [1].

> https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Input_device_configuration .

updated, thanks.

> And system-config-keyboard ?


> 
> [1] as wrote in other email:
> > 3. Overwrite /etc/sysconfig/keyboard with following content:
> > 
> > # This file is obsolete and may be removed, its settings
> > 
> > # were migrated on <date> by running:
> > 
> > # localectl set-x11-keymap....
> > 

this is something you should probably file a systemd bug for.
 
Cheers,
   Peter

> Thanks,
> -- 
> Sérgio M. B.
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