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doc/user: drop references to the touchpad-edge-detector

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We've had libinput measure touchpad-size for 5 years now, let's refer
only to that.

Part-of: <https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/libinput/libinput/-/merge_requests/1368>
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doc/user/absolute-coordinate-ranges.rst
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@ -40,11 +40,6 @@ To fix the touchpad you need to:
Detailed explanations are below.
.. note:: ``libinput measure touchpad-size`` was introduced in libinput
1.16. For earlier versions, use `libevdev <http://freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/libevdev/>`_'s
``touchpad-edge-detector`` tool.
The ``libinput measure touchpad-size`` tool is an interactive tool. It must
be called with the physical dimensions of the touchpad in mm. In the example
below, we use 100mm wide and 55mm high. The tool will find the touchpad device

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@ -113,8 +113,8 @@ When you file a bug, please attach the following information:
- the output from udevadm info, see :ref:`udev_info`.
- the vendor model number of your laptop (e.g. "Lenovo Thinkpad T440s")
- and the content of ``/sys/class/dmi/id/modalias``.
- run the ``touchpad-edge-detector`` tool (provided by libevdev) and verify
that the ranges and sizes it prints match the touchpad (up to 5mm
- run ``libinput measure touchpad-size`` tool (see :ref:`absolute_coordinate_ranges_fix`)
and verify that the ranges and sizes it prints match the touchpad (up to 5mm
difference is ok)
If you are reporting a bug related to button event generation: