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Date:      Sun, 04 Oct 1998 15:38:04 +0100 (BST)
From:      Duncan Barclay <dmlb@ragnet.demon.co.uk>
To:        Luigi Rizzo <luigi@labinfo.iet.unipi.it>
Cc:        hackers@FreeBSD.ORG, itojun@iijlab.net
Subject:   Re: (mgp-users 00027) graphic tablet experiecne ?
Message-ID:  <XFMail.981004153804.dmlb@computer.my.domain>
In-Reply-To: <199810041126.MAA02292@labinfo.iet.unipi.it>

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On 04-Oct-98 Luigi Rizzo wrote:
>> X allows one to change the mapping of the physical to logical buttons.
> 
> yes, but i have just one -- the tip! Having 2-3 more on the stilus would
> just be great.
> 
>> >  * In many occasions, i really miss the ability to map the whole
>> >    tablet (or a fraction) within a window, so i don't have to
>> >    "imagine" the boundaries of the working area while drawing.
>> >    In order to do this, however, i do need two things:
>> >      + absolute coordinates
>> >      + feedback from the server on the window's geometry
>> 
>> This is already availalbe in X (for the Wacom tablets).  A number of
>> virtual tablets can be created.  I would suggest that you look at
>> xf86Wacom.c somewhere in the XFree86 source tree. Also look at
> 
> this is what i am doing... in any case my goal was to try to
> extend the moused/sysmouse interface so that it could at
> least pass absolute coordinates, and possibly even user-defined events.
> 
> I really don't want to rebuild a server each time i make a small
> modification...

You don't have to. The extensions are shared libs.
$ ls /usr/X11R6/lib/modules        
pex5.so*        xf86Jstk.so*    xf86Wacom.so*
xf86Elo.so*     xf86Summa.so*   xie.so*

A restart will do!

Duncan
 
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