On Thu, Sep 30, 2010 at 05:46:15PM +1300, Jason alavaliant wrote: > On Thu, Sep 30, 2010 at 11:50 AM, Ping Cheng <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hi Jason, > > > > Welcome back. We definitely need help in this area. Since you are > > working on xf86-input-wacom support, Peter should be the right person > > to address your questions. I'd really like to see your effort > > integrated into the future GUI tool. > > > > Peter has explicitly pointed out the need of an UI for Wacom driver in > > his blog (http://who-t.blogspot.com/2010/09/wacom-support-in-linux.html): > > > > "And as I pointed out above - we're in desparate need for a UI for the > > GNOME config utility. If you're interested in helping out here, please > > contact me." > > > > I could be open to integrating my work, the thing I'm unsure from the blog > post however is if the 'gnome config utility' is something that will only > function inside a gnome session or if it's just designed for gnome but will > function inside another desktop environment. Even though I code in gtk > the primary desktop at the company I work at is kde and I need to be able to > support other options like xfce as well. So any code that locks to a > specific desktop environment is a deal breaker for me.
the main reason why we need a gnome utility is integration. we have config tools in gnome for mice, touchpads, keyboards, etc. but nothing for tablets. tablet config tools that aren't integrated with gnome-settings-daemon and friends make it hard to have a consistent UI. for example, the old wacomcpl used to write to a file in $HOME that was called on X startup but not when a device is hotplugged. xsetwacom only does run-time changes, not permanent ones. What we need is a tool where the tablet is configured once, and the settings are applied after login, for the right tablet, for the right user and whenever the tablet is plugged in. This isn't a gnome-specific need, the same applies for KDE as well. The implementation will likely be two different programs, I can't think of a sane way to cover both KDE and GNOME UI guidelines in one app. As for other desktops - same problem of course. Cheers, Peter ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Beautiful is writing same markup. Internet Explorer 9 supports standards for HTML5, CSS3, SVG 1.1, ECMAScript5, and DOM L2 & L3. Spend less time writing and rewriting code and more time creating great experiences on the web. Be a part of the beta today. http://p.sf.net/sfu/beautyoftheweb _______________________________________________ Linuxwacom-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linuxwacom-devel
