[Gimp-developer] Adding SpaceNavigator support

[GSR - FR]

Hi,
sven at gimp.org (2008-03-04 at 2020.46 +0100):
> On Tue, 2008-03-04 at 17:05 +0200, Alexia Death wrote:
> 
> >  There's time included with events (that needs a bit of critical eye, since X 
> > events time resolution sucks), but difference of timestamps should give you 
> > the rate you need...
> 
> We aren't talking about X input events here but raw Linux input events.

Could someone explain the adventages of not using the same path than
with tablets and taking a shortcut? For the moment, I have seen
disadventages like having to play with permissions and losing X11
remote capabilities.

GSR