On Mon, Jan 31, 2005 at 09:33:40PM -0500, David M. Clay wrote: >David Dawes wrote: >>On Mon, Jan 31, 2005 at 03:41:05PM -0500, David M. Clay wrote: >> >>>Hello all. >>> >>>I am new at this, so please gently guide me through this wonderful >>>process of open-source coding. >>> >>>I just recently purchased a Stylistic 3400 and found the current fpit >>>driver did not support the passive pen of the 3400. So I modified the >>>current driver to support the passive pen. >>> >>>I am looking to have my changes added to the latest source tree. What is >>>the best was to have others test my changes on other systems with >>>different hardware, especially the active-pen models? I am pretty sure >>>that I have fixed several bugs that had to have affected the active-pen >>>systems as well, and I hope that I haven't broken anything. I don't have >>>access to any other Stylistic tablets so I am unable to test it myself. >>>The driver does work beautifully on my Stylistic 3400 though. Are there >>>any testers out there? Whats the best way for me to post the changes? Is >>>there a preferred style for diff patches? Is there a FAQ for this? >> >> >>I don't recall seeing any feedback regarding this driver in the >>past, and from your decsription it sounds like you've fixed some >>real bugs and improved the driver. I'd suggest submitting your >>patches ('diff -u' format preferred), and we can look at getting >>them in for the coming release. You can either post them here, or >>submit them via bugs.xfree86.org. >> >>If anyone here is using the fpit driver, particularly with an active pen >>system, they should speak up now, and test your patches. >> >>David >>_______________________________________________ >>Devel mailing list >>Devel@XFree86.Org >>http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/devel >> >> > >Okay, here is my patch for the whole fpit directory. I edited the man >page and readme file to reflect the changes. You will need to apply the >patch in the xc/programs/Xserver/hw/xfree86/input/fpit directory and >specify -p1 option. Forgive me if everyone already knows how to figure >that out (I didn't).
I'm committing your patch now. Thanks for the submission. David. _______________________________________________ Devel mailing list Devel@XFree86.Org http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/devel