Thanks, I will go try the latest development release then. I'm currently using the 2.6.19 kernel with the 'beyond' patchset, and using linuxwacom 0.7.6 as can be found here: (http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?do_Details=1&ID=3571&O=0&L=0&C=0&K=wacom&SB=&SO=&PP=25&do_MyPackages=0&do_Orphans=0&SeB=nd)
On 1/28/07, Magnus Vigerlöf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sunday 28 January 2007 16:30, simastrick wrote: > > I just want to mention this again. > > > > The following behavior can be seen in the Windows OS: > > Wacom tablets have the ability to detect the pen even when it goes > > beyond the demarcated borders on the tablet. This makes it very easy > > to move the cursor along the very edges of the screen when the whole > > tablet is being used. > > Which version of the kernel/X drivers have you've been testing this with? > The > kernel-driver got a patch for graphires (my mail-history indicates you've > got > one of those, right?) that addresses this in 0.7.6-2, and the X-driver got a > correction for tablets with only one channel that affects this somewhere in > December which is available in the latest development release. > > > This is one of those "usability" things that I'm almost sure Wacom > > intentionally implemented in their tablets. Sadly, the linuxwacom > > drivers completely ignore the pen once it goes beyond the demarcated > > area on the tablet. This makes it difficult to position the cursor at > > the edge of the screen (when using the whole tablet). > > > > Because of this, I set the active area of my tablet smaller than I > > would otherwise, just so I don't get the "sticky" edges when using the > > tablet. > > > > It would be very nice if the linuxwacom devs can implement this > > behavior. Any thoughts? > > > > P.S. You can try for yourself even on linux. Click the pen tip a bit > > outside the rectangle on your tablet. You will see that the light > > turns green, but the cursor stays where it is (desired behavior is > > that it should jump to the corresponding edge). > > Running with a (slighly pre-) 0.7.7-2 version of the X-driver it behaves as > you (and I) wish. > > BR > Magnus > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ Linuxwacom-discuss mailing list Linuxwacom-discuss@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linuxwacom-discuss
