From owner-freebsd-hackers Wed Sep 30 00:23:38 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id AAA12258 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Wed, 30 Sep 1998 00:23:38 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from coconut.itojun.org (coconut.itojun.org [210.160.95.97]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id AAA12250 for ; Wed, 30 Sep 1998 00:23:36 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from itojun@itojun.org) Received: from localhost (itojun@localhost.itojun.org [127.0.0.1]) by coconut.itojun.org (8.8.8+3.0Wbeta12/3.6W) with ESMTP id QAA01729; Wed, 30 Sep 1998 16:23:18 +0900 (JST) To: mgp-users@mew.org cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG In-reply-to: luigi's message of Wed, 30 Sep 1998 14:52:54 JST. <199809300351.EAA07436@labinfo.iet.unipi.it> X-Template-Reply-To: itojun@itojun.org X-Template-Return-Receipt-To: itojun@itojun.org X-PGP-Fingerprint: F8 24 B4 2C 8C 98 57 FD 90 5F B4 60 79 54 16 E2 Subject: Re: (mgp-users 00027) graphic tablet experiecne ? From: Jun-ichiro itojun Itoh Date: Wed, 30 Sep 1998 16:23:18 +0900 Message-ID: <1726.907140198@coconut.itojun.org> Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG >does anyone have experience with graphic tablets -- particularly with >cheap serial units ? >i have tried one (a kid's model, "Wacky pad") and it seems not to talk >any protocol recognized by moused. This one seems to talk at 9600, >emits 5-byte strings with some strange absolute coordinate encoding >which i managed to translate into a reasonable x,y format with a little >bit of debugging, but i am wondering if there is some standard about >this. I have never heard about standards, but GIMP people may know something about tablets. >[why i am looking at this ? to make use of the 'jotting' mode in mgp!] You may want to look at contrib/xmindpath, which sniffs serial input and raise X11 event. In this way you can use the tablet as generic mouse device. itojun To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message