[PD] [PD-dev] who wants to port [wacom] for windows (and unix) ?

Hans-Christoph Steiner hans at at.or.at
Mon May 11 19:48:43 CEST 2009


You can just use the linux input API to get the wacom data, [hid]  
works with wacoms in GNU/Linux, at least last time I tried.

.hc

On May 11, 2009, at 1:11 PM, Stephen Sinclair wrote:

> Isn't there actually a reverse engineered Wacom driver for Linux?
> Couldn't this be used instead of having to ask permission from Wacom?
>
> http://linuxwacom.sourceforge.net/
>
> I too think it would be great to have cross-platform wacom support,
> but I think it would be even better if there was a "libwacom" C API
> for all operating systems for which the Pd "wacom" object was a simple
> wrapper.
>
> Steve
>
>
> On Mon, May 11, 2009 at 12:48 PM, João Pais  
> <jmmmpais at googlemail.com> wrote:
>> Hello Pd developers and programmers,
>>
>> 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
>> (and unix, if possible). 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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