Re: [Tuxpaint-users] [Tuxpaint-devel] An experimental tablet for TuxPaint

[Sandra L G. <sg...@ro...>]

Bill:  I am retiring from RISD this year, however, still want to be in
the forum b/c I will continue to advise the district on the use of your
program and am also using it w/my new grandchildren who are so
"captivated" by it as I am using it to teaching them to recognize their
names, letters, stamp names, etc.  Thanks so much for all you do.  Our
district loves the program!
Sandy

Sandy Grubb
Instructional Technology Specialist
sg...@ro...


>>> Bill Kendrick <nb...@so...> 6/4/2008 9:08 AM >>>
On Wed, Jun 04, 2008 at 03:48:59PM +0800, Shih-Chin Yang wrote:
> 
>    Y.S.C.> For now, it appears as a mouse but with absolute (X,Y)
>    positioning. And it is connected using USB.

Ok, then it should probably work with Linux out of the box, I would
think.
(You can test it yourself -- if you don't have Linux, just get a
LiveCD
like Knoppix, and boot into Linux temporarily :) )


>    Y.S.C. > I saw DACs on Amazon,  but I didn't own  one. Does it
work like a
>    Wacom tablet? Does it have any pressure sensor? To save cost, I
probably
>    won't put those coloring buttons on the board to keep the tablet
simple
>    and smaller.

It does not register as a Wacom tablet -- not one that X-Window on
Linux
recognizes, at least.  The buttons appear as joystick inputs.  If I
recall,
it seemed to appear as an XBox controller...?  A friend has mine now,
and has spent some occasional time trying to get it to work under
Linux.
I should get it back from him. :)


>    Y.S.C. > I would see if I could arrange it.

Wow, cool, thank you so much! :)

-- 
-bill!
bi...@ne... 
http://www.newbreedsoftware.com/ 

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