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tablet PC input to XFree86?
- From: "JQ Johnson" <jqj at darkwing dot uoregon dot edu>
- To: <cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com>
- Date: Fri, 14 Mar 2003 16:27:57 -0800
- Subject: tablet PC input to XFree86?
- Reply-to: cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com
Has anyone looked into issues of non-standard (Tablet PC) input for XFree86?
Windows XP Tablet Edition, for instance, has a rather nicely integrated
voice and handwriting input system that simulates keyboard input. Not
surprisingly, it doesn't work with X applications: I can run an X
application such as xterm on my tablet PC and give it input using my pen by
tapping on the Tablet PC Input Panel using the onscreen virtual keyboard,
but I can not provide input using the writing pad or voice recognition. The
pen works adequately as a mouse, though having a pen that emulates a
2-button mouse that emulates a 3-button mouse is interesting.
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