On Sun, Sep 30, 2012 at 11:28 AM, Chris Bagwell <ch...@cnpbagwell.com> wrote: > On Sat, Sep 29, 2012 at 6:58 PM, Jason Gerecke <killert...@gmail.com> wrote: >> This set of patches adds multitouch support to the driver. The new >> API made available in XI2.2 is used to report the location of all >> contacts, allowing applications to work with the touch points themselves. >> This is added as a new gesture mode, taking over whenever in-driver >> gestures have been disabled and at least two fingers have come into >> contact. >> >> The best way I've found to test this code at the moment is with a >> gesture recognizer called "Touchegg". It should be in the repositories >> for Ubuntu 11.10 (and will need compiling from source for 12.04), >> has RPMs that can located through Google, and has a PKGBUILD available >> for Arch in the AUR. >> >> This changes how data from the kernel is read into the channels for >> tracking. It has the potential to introduce problems for tablets >> that don't have touch, and I'd appreciate any Tested-By tags I can >> get (especially on Protocol 4 [Bamboo] and Generic Protocol devices). >> > > Glad to see some momentum here. I've done the following with your > patches so far: > > * Applied your patches to xf86-input-wacom and running under Fedora 18 Alpha. > * Found the Fedora 17 Touchegg SRPMs you mentioned and > recompiled&installed on Fedora 18 Alpha. > > Here is what I noticed so far: > > * Quick testing with updated xf86-input-wacom seemed to act same with > default gestures enabled. > * When I disabled gestures, I didn't notice anything special in > out-of-box Fedora 18 Alpha. Looks like Mutter still doesn't have any > gesture support and I couldn't find any apps that have built in XI2.2 > gesture support. Finding apps with built-in XI2.2 support is a real challenge. I was hoping GNOME would merge their multitouch branch in a while ago, but no such luck. There was some mention of gestures in the GNOME 3.6 changelog, but its not clear what it means for us.
> * Launching touchegg from terminal looks like it dumps lots of useful > info to the screen. With default config file, I could get 2 finger > scrolling and 3 finger window move to kick in but not consistently. > Something feels a little off but I have no baseline to compare > behaviour to so I've no idea how well I should expect it to be > working. > You might give the 'ginn' gesture recognizer a try. I had very little luck with it myself but maybe things will be different for you. Jason --- When you're rife with devastation / There's a simple explanation: You're a toymaker's creation / Trapped inside a crystal ball. And whichever way he tilts it / Know that we must be resilient We won't let them break our spirits / As we sing our silly song. > I'll move on to reviewing patches and debugging any issues next. > > Chris ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Got visibility? Most devs has no idea what their production app looks like. Find out how fast your code is with AppDynamics Lite. http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;262219671;13503038;y? http://info.appdynamics.com/FreeJavaPerformanceDownload.html _______________________________________________ Linuxwacom-devel mailing list Linuxwacom-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linuxwacom-devel
