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author2talltech <66987767+2talltech@users.noreply.github.com>2022-07-01 21:26:25 -0700
committerPeter Hutterer <peter.hutterer@who-t.net>2022-07-11 09:54:53 +1000
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downloadlibwacom-4d4a7ddb05c6e10e69e19a6cfaeb682dc6cc4e30.tar.gz
Update README.md
Mention the location of layout files in `/etc/libwacom/layouts/`, which was not obvious previously.
-rw-r--r--README.md9
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diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 887207f..e9fcaa1 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -4,8 +4,9 @@ libwacom is a library to identify Wacom tablets and their model-specific
features. It provides easy access to information such as "is this a built-in
on-screen tablet", "what is the size of this model", etc.
-This functionality is currently used by e.g. GNOME to map built-in tablets to
-the correct screen.
+This functionality is currently used by GUI toolkits (GNOME, KDE, others?) to map
+built-in tablets to the correct screen. SVG layout files are used to describe
+tablet construction.
# Adding tablet descriptions to libwacom
@@ -41,10 +42,12 @@ possible to "backport" that `.tablet` file to the system-provided libwacom.
### libwacom 1.10 and newer
Copy the `.tablet` file into `/etc/libwacom` and run the
-`libwacom-update-db` tool:
+`libwacom-update-db` tool. Copy the tablet's `.svg` layout file
+to `/etc/libwacom/layouts`.
```
$ cp my-tablet-file-from-upstream.tablet /etc/libwacom/
+$ cp my-tablet-file-layout.svg /etc/libwacom/layouts/
$ libwacom-update-db /etc/libwacom
```