On 12/11/10 6:59 PM, Christiaan Hofman wrote:
> Basically, yes, that is what I was suggesting. But as you also imply
> by your last remark, it is not as simple as I was hoping, which does
> not make this a viable alternative, sorry. I was hoping that the
> tablet or pen would make you easily switch between pen/cursor/eraser
> mode in some way (using some switch or something), but searching it I
> came to the conclusion that this is not as easily (or generally)
> supported. Quite frankly, I would not really know in generally what
> determines these device types (btw I think the cursor tool is often
> referred to as "puck" in tablet speak.)

I think you might be able to tell at least something about whether you 
have a tablet stylus or a mouse from the pressure 
attribute/variable/property/whatever it is called.  I spent a little bit 
of time looking at if we could use the pressure of the stylus to vary 
the line width, but it looked more involved than I had time for, and as 
you say, it's not a paint program.

I just noticed that if I draw a freehand stroke (even after my patches), 
and then click the button on the stylus that corresponds to a right 
click (or just right-click on the trackpad/mouse), I can edit the 
properties of the current stroke to change the color/linestyle, etc. 
I also just noticed that if I open the color or line style dialog, I can 
still drag the colors and linestyles onto any freehand stroke, even in 
my patched freehand mode.  So it is easy to change the properties of 
whatever was just drawn without having to change the tool, even after my 
patches.  However, it may still not be easy enough for the official Skim 
application.

Thanks,

Jason

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