On 7/4/06, Pablo Giménez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 7/2/06, Jason alavaliant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > ok I've just finished 1.0b1 > > (http://alavaliant.googlepages.com/wacom-config-1.0b1.py) > I have just played a little with you wacom config tool. > Again thanks for this, for all of us that needs wacom with linux in > our work is very useful. > Appart from the beta state of the tool, needs some refinement in the > ui, but this is not so important, the most important problems for me > are: > -Is mandatory to have a .xinitrc in you $HOME in order to use the > tool. I don't use it because I use the default GNOME session in > Ubuntu. > -Is possible to extend the option to have different configurations for > express keys per application to the pen and cursos, so I can have > different pressures for Gimp, Cinepaint and Maya for example. > -Freedesktop implementation: the implementation of the freedesktop > stuff to autostart the wacom config and restore the defaults seems to > be buggy. First a file called wacom-config is created in > $HOME/.config/autostart, the place is correct but following the > freedesktop specification you have to use the .desktop extension for > the file and put this file likr executable, so the file should be > wacom-config.desktop and be executable, at least gnome writes the > autostart files in this way. In spite of using a different name convention than gnome, the freedesktop autostart stuff seems to work properly in my Ubuntu Dapper box. > -Woud be great to be able to writhe the configuration file to the > global autostart too, in /etc/xdg/autostart, if the user have enought > priviliges of course. > -Finally It would be great to add a couple of new aplications class to > the express per aplication options config, these new clases would be: > Houdini > > At the moment these are my suggestions. > Thanks agains. > > > > It has a few bug fixes (Mainly to do with setting the tablet area, BottomY > > in the previous release wasn't getting saved) and should now have the needed > > setup to make the tablet settings/expresskeys restart on login for systems > > that don't run .xinitrc. > > > > (I've implemented the standard start on login method described in > > (http://standards.freedesktop.org/autostart-spec/autostart-spec-0.5.html > > ) so any desktop environment following those standards will work (gnome2.14 > > and xfce4 seem to be two that do.) other desktop environments may support it > > but I've only tested a few. kde doesn't as far as I can tell and since I > > know many people use it I've implemented it's native autostart methods. I'd > > assume kde and other desktop environments will implement the standard way > > soon(?) so the number of working desktop environments should increase in the > > future. I'm not sure on what size following non kde and gnome desktops > > have so for now I'm not going to work on supporting the many weird and > > wonderful ways all the small ones use (Unless I see that some environment > > is heavilly used by wacom users.).) > > > > Thanks > > Jason > > > > > > On 6/28/06, Pablo Giménez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > First thanks Jason to begin with this, all of us that work in our jobs > > > with wacoms and linux needs an applicaction to do this. > > > Secondly I will try to make it at most standar as possible, to do this > > > Ithink that the freedesktop specify that all the configuration files > > > should be under $HOME/.config directory, and there should be an > > > Autostart file that should be executed every time a freedesktop > > > compilant desktop or window manager is started. > > > I am not sure about this specification, the thing I am sure is that > > > the freedesktop specifies a place to put autostart files. > > > Anyway because I am not sure the level of compatibility of all the > > > window managers at the moment I add some help of how to add an > > > autostart script for different environments: > > > KDE: add the script to the folder: ~/Desktop/Autostart > > > GNOME(2.2 and greater): place the script in the folder: > > > ~/.gnome2/Desktop/Autostart > > > Window Maker: add the scirpt lines to the file > > > ~/GNUstep/Library/WindowMaker/autostart > > > XFCE3: place the script in the folder: > > > ~/Autostart > > > XFCE4: place the script in the folder: > > > ~/Desktop/Autostart/ > > > > > > I think that the standar is the last one. > > > Maybe this helps > > > > > > > > > > > -Jason > > > > > > > > > > > > On 6/27/06, Dirk Bierfeld <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Great work so far. The GUI is a great development for wacom users. But > > for > > > > me the configuration won't be used by the system. I'm running Ubuntu > > 6.06. > > > > It seems the .xinitrc isn't executed at startup. Altering the > > expresskeys > > > > settings works fine though. > > > > > > > > > > Hope you can handle this at time. > > > > > > > > > > Dirk > > > > > > > > > > Jason alavaliant schrieb: > > > > > > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > > > > > I've been working on a wacom control panel similar to wacomcpl but > > with > > > > the added ability to configure expresskeys > > > > (http://web.comhem.se/~u46139352/wacom/index.html ). > > It's > > > > mainly to help at my work as we have many Intuos 3 tablets which users > > want > > > > to use the 'pad' on and they are mostly artists who are not going to > > > > understand keycodes and how to alter the config file for expreskeys by > > hand. > > > > It's also designed to be simplified for the artists so it does a few > > > > things like combine senstivity controls for the stylus and the eraser > > into > > > > one. > > > > > > > > > > It's downloadable from > > > > http://alavaliant.googlepages.com/wacom-config.py if > > you > > > > want to take a look. I've only tested it with Debian (Unstable) and > > Ubuntu > > > > ( 5.10 and 6.06) but I think it should work on any Linux system with > > python > > > > 2.4+ and pygtk 2.6+? (may be 2.8). > > > > > It's a self contained python script so all you need to do is download, > > set > > > > executable and then run it. (Just make sure how you download it doesn't > > > > mangle the formatting as python doesn't like that) > > > > > > > > > > It interacts with the wacom drivers in rather crude ways ('xsetwacom > > list > > > > dev' must have 'stylus' on it's list, 'xidump -l -v stylus' must give > > output > > > > so it can get the tablet area), beyond that it stores tablet settings in > > > > ~/.xinitrc and ~/.expresskeys/expresskeys.conf as per normal so it > > should on > > > > paper be able to use wacomcpl settings and manual expresskeys setups. > > (I'd > > > > say backup your files first though if you have any setting files you've > > > > spend months making just to be safe.) > > > > > > > > > > It's mostly complete at this time, the only big issue I'm still > > working on > > > > trying to find a solution for is that on systems that don't execute > > xinitrc > > > > on login none of the tablet settings will get set on login (and express > > keys > > > > won't be started.) (I'm guessing .login might be a choice for those > > > > systems but I'm not sure of a good way to test if .xinitrc is used on > > login > > > > easily.) > > > > > > > > > > Also I'm unsure about settings for the 'cursor' as I don't have a > > wacom > > > > mouse. Do any of the speed and sensitivity controls do anything for > > it? > > > > xsetwacom lets me alter their settings for 'cursor' but I'm not sure if > > that > > > > actually do anything... (So I've got them as options for cursor in > > > > wacom-config but I'm not sure if it makes sense having them there.) > > > > > > > > > > Anyway try it out and let me know what you think and if it > > works/doesn't > > > > work. I'm not really a programmer (yet?) and this is the first largest > > > > thing I've written to date by quite a bit but so far it seems to be > > working > > > > ok. > > > > > > > > > > -Jason > > > > > > > > > > ________________________________ > > > > > > > > > Using Tomcat but need to do more? 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