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

[Rich E]

On Thu, May 14, 2009 at 7:27 AM, Hans-Christoph Steiner <hans at at.or.at>wrote:

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> Check the help patch, there are some subpatches on the top illustrating
> alternate methods of specifying the device.  vendorid/productid is quite
> useful
>

I tried these for a couple hours, quite a long time ago.. trying to compare
the output string with the one I expected for my device. I couldn't get
anything near as consistent (or even working) as well as just making
[linuxevent /dev/wacom] and sending it a poll message.  I'll try again soon
and tell you what happens.


> , but I forgot if that is implemtned in GNU/Linux.  There are other ways
> too.
>
> .hc
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> On May 13, 2009, at 11:47 AM, Rich E wrote:
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> Can you think of a way to route this information back to [hid]?  The main
> reason I use [linuxevent] instead of [hid] is because I don't have to click
> anything in order to initialize the wacom.. it is automatically looking at
> the correct /dev/*
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> On Wed, May 13, 2009 at 4:10 PM, Hans-Christoph Steiner <hans at at.or.at>wrote:
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>> You can use the [print( message and look for the wacom in the Pd window.
>>
>> .hc
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>> On May 12, 2009, at 2:23 PM, Rich E wrote:
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>> I use [linuxevent /dev/wacom] in linux... plus an abstraction.  Works fine
>> and provides everything I need.  [hid] does work, but you have to know
>> exactly what /dev/* file to tell it to look at (it won't take the /dev/wacom
>> symlink).
>>
>> Windows should be the only one that needs the official wacom driver.
>>
>> On Mon, May 11, 2009 at 7:48 PM, Hans-Christoph Steiner <hans at at.or.at>wrote:
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>>>
>>> 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
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> Friedenstr. 58
>>>>> 10249 Berlin (Deutschland)
>>>>> Tel +49 30 42020091 | Mob +49 162 6843570
>>>>> jmmmpais at googlemail.com | skype: jmmmpjmmmp
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