[desktop-discuss] Bluetooth project alive again

Alan Coopersmith Alan.Coopersmith at Sun.COM
Wed May 28 06:59:23 PDT 2008


Richard L. Hamilton wrote:
> Personally, I'm more interested in API compatibility with something that's
> got existing apps and encourages use of Bluetooth functionality without necessarily
> requiring apps to be specifically Bluetooth aware when appropriate
> (i.e. why care whether an audio device or a TCP/IP connection is over Bluetooth
> or something else?) whether it's Linux or NetBSD or whatever.

Certainly we should just be able to open /dev/kbd & /dev/mouse to find Bluetooth
keyboards and mice, the way we can with serial, PS/2 & USB mice already - the X
server doesn't care about or know about the underlying connection method.

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	-Alan Coopersmith-           alan.coopersmith at sun.com
	 Sun Microsystems, Inc. - X Window System Engineering




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