Thanks for the reply Mike.
I haven't come across a Digitizer before so are you saying that a simple redesign
of the TS_EVENT structure is all that is needed to accommodate the Digitizer or
does the Digitizer require other special considerations? In other words will this
spec accommodate the Digitizer without too much modification?
--Charlie
Mike Touloumtzis wrote:
> On Mon, Jul 10, 2000 at 10:43:55PM +1000, Charlie Flynn wrote:
> >
> > This is the structure contains the X and Y pixel coordinates of a
> > single touch screen event. It is passed from the driver to the user by
> > the read() function.
> >
>
> Hi Charlie,
>
> Pixel coordinates won't be enough, in general. Digitizers used for
> handwriting recognition often have much higher resolution than the
> LCDs, and the extra information is vital for good handwriting
> recognition, particularly for Asian languages.
>
> I've integrated Asian handwriting recognition libraries into OSes
> which were not designed with this in mind, and I had to hack things
> up get digitizer-resolution coordinates.
>
> Plus, I think it'd be nice to decouple the digitizer API from a
> specific screen resolution.
>
> miket
>
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