On Sat, Jan 08, 2011 at 11:51:41AM +0100, Cedric Sodhi wrote: > I'm curious whether it would be possible and make sense to implement the > mode in which the pen could be read out so that it's proximity value > (which is currently in no way getting anywhere beyond the driver) is > mapped to pressure (and pressure doesnt matter). > > One of the buttons could enable "spraying" and the position with the > tilt could be calculated to an intercept with the physical pad: > _ > \\ > \\ > \\ > |¯\ > \½\ > \ \ _ > ¯¯ |-- Proximity > ‚———————×———————‚ ¯ > ^-- Intercept (calculated from tilt and position) > > I think it would be very interesting to use the stylus as a natural > airbrush, if that could be done. > > Maybe an evaluation from one of the professionals (Ping, Peter?) whether > this would be possible at all? If the answer is yes, someone else might > start looking at how in particular this could be done if you guys are > busy with something else. > > Would make a good feature over the windows driver, no? ;)
should be trivial to export distance through another axis. I'm not keen on mapping it to pressure at all though, easier to add another axis and handle them separately. Cheers, Peter ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Gaining the trust of online customers is vital for the success of any company that requires sensitive data to be transmitted over the Web. Learn how to best implement a security strategy that keeps consumers' information secure and instills the confidence they need to proceed with transactions. http://p.sf.net/sfu/oracle-sfdevnl _______________________________________________ Linuxwacom-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linuxwacom-devel
