You can just use the linux input API to get the wacom data, [hid]
works with wacoms in GNU/Linux, at least last time I tried.
.hc
On May 11, 2009, at 1:11 PM, Stephen Sinclair wrote:
Isn't there actually a reverse engineered Wacom driver for Linux?
Couldn't this be used instead of having to ask permission from Wacom?
http://linuxwacom.sourceforge.net/
I too think it would be great to have cross-platform wacom support,
but I think it would be even better if there was a "libwacom" C API
for all operating systems for which the Pd "wacom" object was a simple
wrapper.
Steve
On Mon, May 11, 2009 at 12:48 PM, João Pais
<jmmmp...@googlemail.com> wrote:
Hello Pd developers and programmers,
we - me and Johannes Kreidler for now - wanted to ask if anyone
would be
interested in programming a version of Thomas Grill's [wacom] for
windows
(and unix, if possible). This external is used to take data from
wacom
tablets - so in case anyone else is interested in this please say
something.
The features/work would include:
- be compatible with general wacom architecture - and specially
with the
Intuos3 (which is the tablet we own)
- take all parameters from the tablet connected
- not forgetting tilt+inclination, touch strips and keys (these
aren't
covered by [wintablet])
- put the compiled binaries in a svn folder packaged with Pd
Extended (see
below)
- be willing to do some maintenance now and then, specially until
things
get stable (after that, I guess the work would be kind of finished)
According to T Grill, the developer(s) that work on this must
register
with Wacom as developer(s), so that they have access to the wacon
API.
Also, the source code cannot be given away, so they must sign a
non-disclosure contract (from what Thomas said, not as complicated
as it
sounds). I couldn't find exact information about this, but at
http://www.wacomeng.com/devsupport/index.html might be something more
clear.
It would be perfect if someone would be interested in porting the
code
just because. In case that doesn't happen, we - me, Johannes
Kreidler and
whoever wants to join in - would be interested in giving a small
payment
for the work. We're poor people (just like you), so we can't really
pay
what a professional programmer should get for the work. In that
case, just
get in discussion with us, and we'll see what can be done.
Again, if this interests someone else - either as developper or
contributor - please forward this mail away.
Best,
João Pais
--
Friedenstr. 58
10249 Berlin (Deutschland)
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