On Sat, Feb 6, 2010 at 2:53 PM, David Seikel <onef...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sat, 6 Feb 2010 11:52:53 +0530 Prabu Surendra > <prabu.suren...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > I am working with a company that is coming out with a multi-touch > > controller that can also measure the force applied by the fingers. So > > basically, along with x and y values, now we have z values. I believe > > this will give rise to a unique way on how a user interact. We have a > > driver that can get these three values from the controller. But I > > have no idea how to make it work all the way through Window manager. > > I am a pure kernel programmer and have no experience dealing with any > > of the components in the display interface stack. > > Have a look at how things like graphics tablets are supported. They > have X, Y, pressure, tilt, different pens, and sometimes more things to > support. Admittedly there is only one "finger", but X can handle > multiple input devices, so a bunch of graphics tablets at once with > pressure could simulate the sort of data your device can send. I hope > that points you in the right direction. > > If you want to see an example of this going all the way through to the > application level, GIMP has good support for multiple input devices, > including graphics tablets naturally. > > If this device of yours can handle long and strong fingernails, I want > one. B-) > > Interesting. So far I wasn't aware about the support for pressure, tilt etc. Thanks much for the pointer. This is good enough to keep myself busy... Oh, I will make sure our product reaches you if it successfully handles fingers with strong long nails... -Sil > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > The Planet: dedicated and managed hosting, cloud storage, colocation > Stay online with enterprise data centers and the best network in the > business > Choose flexible plans and management services without long-term contracts > Personal 24x7 support from experience hosting pros just a phone call away. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/theplanet-com > _______________________________________________ > enlightenment-devel mailing list > enlightenment-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-devel > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The Planet: dedicated and managed hosting, cloud storage, colocation Stay online with enterprise data centers and the best network in the business Choose flexible plans and management services without long-term contracts Personal 24x7 support from experience hosting pros just a phone call away. http://p.sf.net/sfu/theplanet-com _______________________________________________ enlightenment-devel mailing list enlightenment-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-devel
