[PD] gem blocks tablet

[Mark Danks]

  Hmmm...I haven't tried my tablet recently (and I am under Win2000, so who
knows)  I have also only tried the tablet object with one type, an old wacom
(3-4 years old).

  We have a bunch of tablets here at work.  Maybe I will try one of them and
let you know.

Later, Mark

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= mdanks at stormfront.com
= Lead Programmer PS2
= http://www.danks.org/mark
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Olaf Matthes [mailto:olaf.matthes at gmx.de]
> Sent: Thursday, May 03, 2001 1:47 PM
> To: Mark Danks
> Cc: pd-list
> Subject: Re: [PD] gem blocks tablet
> 
> 
> Hi Mark,
> 
> the problem is that I _want_ to use it because I need a 
> pointing device that is
> capable of transmitting 3 different kinds of information 
> (x,y,pressure) with one
> hand. Thats why I connected it to my computer, to use it with 
> the gemtablet
> object...
> 
> So my problem is not to switch it off but to get it to work 
> with gem...  ;-)
> 
> I did a small test: When I start photoshop (or any other 
> programm that is
> capable of using a tablet) and the tablet is _not_ connected 
> to the computer, I
> allways get _two_ (identical) error messages reporting an 
> error in WinTab.dll.
> When I start gem I just get _one_ error message (saying the same).
> Usually I can use the tablet and the mouse together, gem just 
> blocks the tablet
> (there is no reaction when moving the pen), the mouse still works...
> 
> Olaf
> 
> 
> Mark Danks schrieb:
> 
> >   You can turn it off with an environment variable.  From 
> the release notes:
> >
> > If you don't want GEM to take control of the tablet if it finds
> > one, set the environment variable GEM_NO_TABLET to the
> > value "1" (no quotes of course).  There will be a print out if
> > GEM finds the environment variable.
> >
> > Later, Mark
> >
> > ============================
> > = mdanks at stormfront.com
> > = Lead Programmer PS2
> > = http://www.danks.org/mark
> > ============================
> >
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Olaf Matthes [mailto:olaf.matthes at gmx.de]
> > > Sent: Thursday, May 03, 2001 11:16 AM
> > > To: pd-list
> > > Subject: [PD] gem blocks tablet
> > >
> > >
> > > Hi Mark, hi list,
> > >
> > > I just ran into difficulties using gem (0.84) and my 
> drawing tablet
> > > (acecad DigiPadII cordless) on WinNT 4.0 (with pd 0.32-1).
> > > When I start
> > > pd the tablet sort of blocks: it is no longer possible to move the
> > > mouse-arrow on the screen. When I close pd (using the mouse
> > > or keyboard)
> > > everythings works well again.
> > > Gem reports: GEM: connected to tablet. Running pd without 
> gem does not
> > > cause this problem...
> > >
> > > Any ideas, hints, bug warnings... ? Or do I just need to
> > > download latest
> > > versions?
> > >
> > > Thanks, Olaf
> > >
> > >
>