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[Florian Boucault <florian@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 03/12/2011 05:09 PM, Stephen M. Webb wrote:
> On Sat, 2011-03-12 at 16:19 +0100, Florian Boucault wrote:
> > Thanks for the help guys.
> >
> > The bug was filed against Unity 2D:
> > https://bugs.launchpad.net/unity-2d/+bug/733244
> >
> > And fixed:
> > https://code.launchpad.net/~fboucault/unity-2d/fix_geis_gesture_names/+merge/53131
> >
> > I expect the fix to be reviewed probably on Monday and therefore landing
> > in the daily builds (PPA) ready to test on Tuesday.
> >
> > The fix was trivial though I think it denoted an API change in GEIS.
>
> There was no API change.  The attribute data associated with gestures is
> variable, including whatever gesture name string is passed.  This name
> could be different depending on what recognizer is used, for example if
> GEIS were wrapping native Windows or Mac OS gesture recognition.
>
> It is preferable to use the gesture_type parameter passed in to the
> callback to determine the gesture type rather than extracting and
> comparing the name attribute.


Thanks for the clarification Stephen. I remember very clearly trying to 
use the gesture type in Maverick and it was just not working: types were 
simply not matching.
I will try that in Natty when time permits.

Thanks again,

Florian