Architecture
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-Input subsystem a collection of drivers that is designed to support
+Input subsystem is a collection of drivers that is designed to support
all input devices under Linux. Most of the drivers reside in
drivers/input, although quite a few live in drivers/hid and
drivers/platform.
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-This device usually created automatically by the system. The commands
+This device is usually created automatically by the system. The commands
to create it by hand are::
cd /dev
wide variety of them, and because the USB HID specification isn't
simple, it needs to be this big.
-Currently, it handles USB mice, joysticks, gamepads, steering wheels
+Currently, it handles USB mice, joysticks, gamepads, steering wheels,
keyboards, trackballs and digitizers.
However, USB uses HID also for monitor controls, speaker controls, UPSs,
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``time`` is the timestamp, it returns the time at which the event happened.
-Type is for example EV_REL for relative moment, EV_KEY for a keypress or
+Type is for example EV_REL for relative movement, EV_KEY for a keypress or
release. More types are defined in include/uapi/linux/input-event-codes.h.
``code`` is event code, for example REL_X or KEY_BACKSPACE, again a complete