From 1a9725f540b22f78d543a053250411853e294498 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Peter F. Patel-Schneider" Date: Wed, 21 May 2025 11:39:28 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] doc: update status of hid_parser --- docs/installation.md | 9 +++++---- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/installation.md b/docs/installation.md index 166591f8..c5d2b107 100644 --- a/docs/installation.md +++ b/docs/installation.md @@ -92,10 +92,11 @@ If desktop notifications bindings are also installed (`gir1.2-notify-0.7` for Debian/Ubuntu), you will also see desktop notifications when devices come online and go offline. -If the `hid_parser` Python package is available, Solaar parses HID report descriptors -and can control more HID++ devices that do not use a receiver. -This package may not be available in some distributions but can be installed using pip -via `pip install --user hid-parser`. +Solaar includes its own version of `hid_parser` because the version that is in PyPi +(at https://pypi.org/project/hid-parser/) does not have some changes that are in +https://github.com/usb-tools/python-hid-parser and are needed for some devices. +Do not use pip to install hid_parser! +Some distributions (e.g., Fedora) may separately package this code. If the `gitinfo` Python package is available, Solaar shows better information about which version of Solaar is running.