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[Lorn Potter <lorn.potter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 11/01/16 13:58, Michi Henning wrote:
> > Right... forgot that it's a gerrit MR, not Launchpad:
> >
> > https://codereview.qt-project.org/#/c/101049/
>
> Thanks for that!
>
> I just had a look at
> https://codereview.qt-project.org/#/c/101049/15/src/systeminfo/qinputinfo.h
>
> But this requires an input to then find out what the source was (mouse,
> touch screen, etc.).

It does not need an event first. QInputInfoManager::deviceMap() will 
give a list of devices. You can filter these by setting a filter first.

> I need to know whether I’m running on touch or on the desktop, without
> any input events.
>
> Any other ideas? Is there some place in the filesystem I could look at,
> or test some env var or whatever?
> It has to work under confinement though.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Michi.