[11:52] <yorick> cnd: "Max number of touches: 2"
[11:52] <yorick> but, how does windows get these multitouch gestures
[14:51] <cnd> yorick: applications can get multitouch gestures by using geis, which is our C wrapper around the gesture engine
[14:51] <cnd> there is also a qml library called oif-qml
[14:51] <cnd> and an older gtk library called libgrip
[14:51] <yorick> cnd: I just want something like touchegg (4-finger flicks for desktop switching)
[14:52] <cnd> yorick: ok, well touchegg theoretically should work for you for two touch gestures
[14:52] <cnd> however, you have to turn off "tap to click" and "two touch scrolling"
[14:52] <cnd> otherwise, the X server will process two touches for these features
[14:52] <yorick> cnd: how does it manage 3-touch gestures in windows?
[14:52] <cnd> what do you mean?
[14:53] <yorick> cnd: under windows I have 3-touch gestures just fine
[14:54] <cnd> your trackpad probably provides locations for two touches
[14:54] <cnd> and then says there are actually three touches in total
[14:54] <cnd> this is very typical for synaptics trackpads
[14:54] <cnd> our stack doesn't support three touches for these trackpads, but it is possible to add in support
[14:55] <cnd> unfortunately, it would first require adding support to the X server
[14:55] <yorick> is it a hardware limitation?
[14:55] <yorick> oh, I see
[14:55] <yorick> goddamnit, HP.
[14:56] <yorick> "see, it's multi-touch, it can keep track of TWO fingers at once!"
[17:10] <cnd> yorick: yeah (sorry for the late response)
[17:11] <cnd> for a long time, apple was the only company putting out real full multitouch devices
[17:46] <yorick> cnd: what companies have them now?
[17:46] <cnd> synaptics has full multitouch now
[17:46] <cnd> on their latest models
[17:47] <cnd> I'm not sure of others