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Date:      Wed, 30 Sep 1998 16:23:18 +0900
From:      Jun-ichiro itojun Itoh <itojun@iijlab.net>
To:        mgp-users@mew.org
Cc:        hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: (mgp-users 00027) graphic tablet experiecne ? 
Message-ID:  <1726.907140198@coconut.itojun.org>
In-Reply-To: luigi's message of Wed, 30 Sep 1998 14:52:54 JST. <199809300351.EAA07436@labinfo.iet.unipi.it> 

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>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

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