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Linux:


* 5 ways of accessing devices
* evdev, wacom, proprietary
* touch enabled wacom: 3 devices in xinput
* Qt: no distinction between stylus and finger/touch
** -> extend proximity events to have distinction between
Windows:
* 2 protocols
* wintab (deprecated)
* e-ink (now, originally hand writing)
* drivers potentially override each other
* lacking transformation of value ranges and rotation direction
* wintab at least has time information in the low level event
Mac:
* unknown
QTabletEvent:
* does not contain button information
* does not contain keyboard modifier
* windows: wintab -> map button
TabletMove should also be sent with Hover – maybe as TabletProximityMove
Tablets and events should have a manual test app
Stylus hover: cannot read rotation, z-coordinate, use for paning/zooming
Potentially used and worked around by many applications (also commercial).
[https://docs.google.com/document/d/1_K9hBvpvfamFobq4dVnn5_wXNeYE5oHPVDJJ7HbZsJQ/edit Google doc with a list of bugs and hacks that Krita needs] ''[docs.google.com]''
And now we have the following bugs in Jira (label: qtcs14tablet)
https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/QTBUG-39458<br />https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/QTBUG-39459<br />https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/QTBUG-39581<br />https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/QTBUG-39579<br />https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/QTBUG-39578<br />https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/QTBUG-39573<br />https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/QTBUG-39572<br />https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/QTBUG-39571<br />https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/QTBUG-39570

Revision as of 14:10, 25 February 2015

Linux:

  • 5 ways of accessing devices
  • evdev, wacom, proprietary
  • touch enabled wacom: 3 devices in xinput
  • Qt: no distinction between stylus and finger/touch
    • -> extend proximity events to have distinction between

Windows:

  • 2 protocols
  • wintab (deprecated)
  • e-ink (now, originally hand writing)
  • drivers potentially override each other
  • lacking transformation of value ranges and rotation direction
  • wintab at least has time information in the low level event

Mac:

  • unknown

QTabletEvent:

  • does not contain button information
  • does not contain keyboard modifier
  • windows: wintab -> map button

TabletMove should also be sent with Hover – maybe as TabletProximityMove

Tablets and events should have a manual test app

Stylus hover: cannot read rotation, z-coordinate, use for paning/zooming

Potentially used and worked around by many applications (also commercial).

Google doc with a list of bugs and hacks that Krita needs [docs.google.com]

And now we have the following bugs in Jira (label: qtcs14tablet)

https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/QTBUG-39458
https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/QTBUG-39459
https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/QTBUG-39581
https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/QTBUG-39579
https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/QTBUG-39578
https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/QTBUG-39573
https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/QTBUG-39572
https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/QTBUG-39571
https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/QTBUG-39570

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