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man: some minor fixes to man page.

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Signed-off-by: Peter Hutterer <peter.hutterer@who-t.net>
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@@ -19,15 +19,24 @@ evdev \- Generic Linux input driver
.B evdev
is an __xservername__ input driver for Linux\'s generic event devices. It
therefore supports all input devices that the kernel knows about, including
most mice and keyboards.
most mice, keyboards, tablets and touchscreens.
.B evdev
is the default driver on the major Linux distributions.
.PP
The
.B evdev
driver can serve as both a pointer and a keyboard input device, and may be
used as both the core keyboard and the core pointer. Multiple input devices
are supported by multiple instances of this driver, with one Load
directive for evdev in the Module section of your __xconfigfile__ for each
input device that will use this driver.
driver can serve as both a pointer and a keyboard input device. Multiple
input devices are supported by multiple instances of this driver, with one
InputDevice section of your __xconfigfile__ for each input device that will
use this driver.
.PP
It is recommended that
.B evdev
devices are configured through the
.B InputClass
directive (refer to __xconfigfile__(__filemansuffix__)) instead of manual
per-device configuration. Devices configured in the
__xconfigfile__(__filemansuffix__) are not hot-plug capable.
.PP
.SH SUPPORTED HARDWARE
In general, any input device that the kernel has a driver for can be accessed