On Wed, Jul 21, 2010 at 9:47 PM, Peter Hutterer <[email protected]> wrote: > On Wed, Jul 21, 2010 at 09:18:26PM -0500, Chris Bagwell wrote: >> On Wed, Jul 21, 2010 at 5:10 PM, Peter Hutterer >> <[email protected]> wrote: >> > On Wed, Jul 21, 2010 at 02:37:23PM -0700, Ping Cheng wrote: >> >> >> >> It might be easier for you to amend the patch directly. Basically, we >> >> can use "ctrl + mouse button 4/5" for zooming. So, it would be >> >> something like the following: >> >> >> >> button = (dist > 0) ? SCROLL_UP : SCROLL_DOWN; >> >> ...... >> >> >> >> wcmEmitKeycode (priv->local->dev, 37 /*XK_Control_L*/, 1); >> >> while (count--) >> >> { >> >> xf86WcmSendButtonClick(priv, button, 1); >> >> xf86WcmSendButtonClick(priv, button, 0); >> >> } >> >> wcmEmitKeycode (priv->local->dev, 37 /*XK_Control_L*/, 0); >> >> >> > >> > which applications actually zoom on ctrl+ and ctrl-? So far I've only found >> > firefox but I haven't looked really hard. Same goes for ctrl + button >> > events >> > - which application are supported here? >> > >> > I hope we're not having gesture support for the sake of a single >> > application... >> > >> >> While testing gesture logic a while back, I noticed that Gnome >> terminal supports zooming with ctrl+/ctrl-. I just happened to be >> hovering over that window during a pinch gesture. >> >> It became my preferred testing app over firefox. > > yeah, I know about this but tbh having gesture support to increase the font > size in a terminal seems a bit... pointless :) > >> I thought a wider range of image views supported those keys but >> couldn't find one quickly on a basic Fedora install (gimp, shotwell). > > just did a quick test of a few apps that may matter and that were installed. > > apps supporting Ctrl+/- and scroll wheel zoom: > evince, fspot, chrome, firefox > digikam (it really has to be +/-, not just the key +/- is located on) > apps supporting Ctrl+/-, but not the wheel zoom: > eye of gnome > apps supporting wheel zoom only: > openoffice, scribus, > inkscape (+/- only without Ctrl) > > if we switch to wheel zooming, we'd break one app and gain support for > four. but honestly, I'm starting to stop caring. >
Gimp is same as inkscape. Seems a pretty easy call now to go with scroll wheel zooming over problematic user keystroke simulations. eog is an easy software patch to support both ways and I agree gesture based terminal zooming is pretty useless and is simple patch as well to support both. Chris ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF.net email is sponsored by Sprint What will you do first with EVO, the first 4G phone? Visit sprint.com/first -- http://p.sf.net/sfu/sprint-com-first _______________________________________________ Linuxwacom-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linuxwacom-devel
