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From: rws@EXPO.LCS.MIT.EDU (Bob Scheifler)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Re: Device Identification under X11
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Date: 3 Feb 89 17:56:50 GMT
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There is no explicit provision for "device type" in X11.  One of the
reasons is that we didn't want to be in the business of acting as
registrar for all the world's devices.  The other is that it's really
the wrong kind of information for most purposes (but I'd have a hard
time giving you any spec for what the right information is :-).  Vendors
can embed device information in the vendor string; whether any do, I
don't know.