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 --- ________________________________________________________________________ Duncan Barclay | God smiles upon the little children, dmlb@ragnet.demon.co.uk | the alcoholics, and the permanently stoned. ________________________________________________________________________ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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