[PD-dev] who wants to port [wacom] for windows?

[João Pais]

Hello again, Pd developers and programmers,

[added comment]

I am resending this message, as the latest version wasn't a success. I  
guess no one needs a unix version of [wacom], so I rephrase the question:  
who wants to port [wacom] for windows only?
H-C, I noticed that you're putting in a group to work on windows-related  
stuff. Do you mind spreading this message around to any windows-related  
developers? (developers! developers! developers! developers! developers!  
developers! developers! developers! developers! developers! developers!  
developers! developers! developers! ...)

And after this interlude comes the original message again:


[original message]

We - me and Johannes Kreidler for now - wanted to ask if anyone would be
interested in programming a version of Thomas Grill's [wacom] for windows.  
This external is used to take data from wacom tablets - so in case anyone  
else is interested in this please say something.

The features/work would include:

- be compatible with general wacom architecture - and specially with the
Intuos3 (which is the tablet we own)
- take all parameters from the tablet connected
    - not forgetting tilt+inclination, touch strips and keys (these aren't  
covered by [wintablet])
- put the compiled binaries in a svn folder packaged with Pd Extended (see  
below)
- be willing to do some maintenance now and then, specially until things
get stable (after that, I guess the work would be kind of finished)

According to T Grill, the developer(s) that work on this must register
with Wacom as developer(s), so that they have access to the wacon API.
Also, the source code cannot be given away, so they must sign a
non-disclosure contract (from what Thomas said, not as complicated as it
sounds). I couldn't find exact information about this, but at
http://www.wacomeng.com/devsupport/index.html might be something more
clear.

It would be perfect if someone would be interested in porting the code
just because. In case that doesn't happen, we - me, Johannes Kreidler and
whoever wants to join in - would be interested in giving a small payment
for the work. We're poor people (just like you), so we can't really pay
what a professional programmer should get for the work. In that case, just
get in discussion with us, and we'll see what can be done.

Again, if this interests someone else - either as developper or
contributor - please forward this mail away.

Best,

João Pais

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