[PD] WinXP: Using Mouse as Generic Input Device?

[julien.breval at tremplin-utc.net]

How about a graphic tablet ? (there's a GEM interfacing object)

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Selon Hans-Christoph Steiner <hans at eds.org>:

> 
> On Oct 11, 2004, at 3:55 PM, Ryan Supak wrote:
> 
> > >> Instead, I want to use it sinply to input raw control data into  
> > PD.  I'm
> > >> imagining input floats such as "X Position", "Y Position",  
> > "Button1",
> > >> "Button2", "Wheel Inc", "Wheel Dec".
> >
> > >The GEM library features a mouse object with such values.
> >
> > Hmm....I can see how to use [gemmouse] to input mouse info from a  
> > mouse device "that is being used as a mouse", but i'm looking to get  
> > input from mouse devices that are "not being used as mice".  I just  
> > want their inputs to function as generic control data.
> >
> > Thanks for the reply nonetheless,
> 
> I think that MacOS X and Windows will claim any mouse that is plugged  
> in.  I think you'd have to write your own driver in order to avoid  
> this.  With X Windows based systems, such as GNU/Linux, BSD, etc. you  
> can configure where the GUI gets the mouse data, so it wouldn't be too  
> hard to do what you want to do.  Also, there aren't any objects for  
> getting raw mouse on Windows.  On GNU/Linux, there is [linuxevent] and  
> [linuxmouse].
> 
> I am in the process of writing such objects for MacOS X.  I haven't  
> decided whether I need to use the native APIs or whether I can do it  
> with libSDL.  If I use libSDL, then it should work on Windows with only  
> a recompile.
> 
> .hc
> 
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