wayv-user

[Wayv-user] wayv doesn't run : X error of failed request

[oula <oul...@la...>]

Hello everybody,

I can't launch wayv because this :

$ wayv
wayV version 0.3
X Error of failed request:  BadAccess (attempt to access private 
resource denied)
   Major opcode of failed request:  28 (X_GrabButton)
   Serial number of failed request:  14
   Current serial number in output stream:  15

Have you got an idea ?

Oula

[Wayv-user] Actions requiring multiple-word parameters

[Itai F. <it...@sd...>]

Hello,

I can't seem to get actions which require multiple-word (quote 
delimited) command parameters to work. I'm referring to actions along 
these lines:

	Action {
         	name = "Whatnot";
	        process = exec "something -x 'a long parameter'";
	        match = "";
	}
	
A few examples of things I'd like to accomplish:

	process = exec "ratpoison -c 'exec expose'";
	process = exec "ratpoison -c 'select -'";

Is there a way to do this?

- Itai

[Wayv-user] Tablet PC

[Raymond C. <rc...@gm...>]

Hi,
is there anyway to change pointer input from mouse to wacom stylus?
I'm running a tablet pc.
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[Wayv-user] Which keys are supported & vectors

[nikhil <tha...@bl...>]

Hi fellow strokers!
I am new to wayv formerly using strokeit( in windows) which is rather  
excellent.
Anyways i need a lil help with configuring wayv.conf

1. Is there a list of keys which i send through sendkeys. In particular i  
want to send Alt+F4 and assign is to /(down)
2. Can i assign different gestures to /(down) and /(up)
Or
-(left to right) and vis-a-versa
3. Possible to assign different gestures to diff programs? Again strokeit  
is the thign to notice

That will be all, for now ;)

Thanks

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[Wayv-user] wayV 0.3 Released

[Mike B. <sm...@st...>]

wayV 0.3, a minor release, is now available for download from:
	http://www.stressbunny.com/wayv

This release represents an adoption of a new development model for wayV.
Prior to this I was developing wayV along the lines of release rarely with 
major releases; instead I'm adopting the approach of code often, release 
often.

The main changes are:
- Launch can now use any numbered mouse pointer (thanks to Nick Rusnov)
- Man page fixes (thanks again)
- code compilation fixes (and again :)
- adoption of a new development model

A big thanks goes to Nick Rusnov who takes care of the Debian package of
wayV and whose code this release is primarly based upon.

Good luck,
Mike

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[Wayv-user] Launch = M6

[James L. <jam...@ca...>]

Doesn't seem to support mouse buttons 6 and 7, any reason why?

james

Re: [Wayv-user] Re: Wayv-user digest, Vol 1 #8 - 1 msg

[Mike B. <mi...@st...>]

On Tue, Sep 04, 2001 at 04:19:51PM +0200, Jesper S Mathiassen wrote:
> Ifinally crashed again, after amazing stability over the last two weeks or
> so..

"amazing stablility", sheesh, don't you know wayV is perfect ;)

> 
> uptime was about 12 hours, and with X and wayv active at all times.
> 
> Here is the complaint wayv gives when trying to restart:
> --
> [styx@drowned styx]$ wayv .wayv/wayv.conf
> wayV version 0.2
> X Error of failed request:  BadAccess (attempt to access private resource denied)
>   Major opcode of failed request:  28 (X_GrabButton)
>   Serial number of failed request:  15
>   Current serial number in output stream:  16

Do you know if wayV is still running in the background? Or has
it shut down? The above error means wayV cannot take over certain
mouse and keypress combinations for gesture activation because
they're already held.

If Caps Lock, Scroll Lock or Num Lock has changed state and been
left in the new state this could be affecting the Launch (though I
doubt thats the problem?)

Mike

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[Wayv-user] Re: wayv

[Mike B. <mi...@st...>]

Hi Thomas,

> I tried your program on my pc - it's a fine tool, but is ist possible to turn of the output in the terminal, because I wantet to use ist on my handheld!

How does the terminal output prevent wayV working on a handheld? BTW
I'll patch the code so that turning off text output is a compile time
option, or should the text output be off by default?

> One more Question: The action function is working - I can call the terminal or calculater, but the keyboardinput won't work with the described method... maby you could help me...
>

What keyboard input are you attemping? What letters? And what
hardware device?

BTW I've CC'ed this email to the wayv-users email list, it might
help someone else.

Mike

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                                   -- Walt Whitman

[Wayv-user] Re: wayV won't work with KDE

[Mike B. <mi...@st...>]

Hi Brad,

> I can't seem to get wayV to work with KDE or any other window manager.   I've read all of your documentation
> and have followed all of the instructions.
> 
> It doesn't seem to track the mouse movements at all.  Even when I have the 0, 0, 100, 100 option set, the box
> shows up but it doesn't track the mouse movement or create a colored trail.  With normal display mode on, the
> white border doesn't show up.
> 
> I have Mandrake 6.2 running with KDE.

I've used it with Mandrake 7.1 and KDE and its worked.

What are you using for the Launch keys?

Turning on Num Lock, Scroll Lock or Caps Lock can interfere with
gesture input (yep, this is a bug).

BTW I've CC'ed this email to the Way...@li...
mailing list, it may helps others who run into the same problem?

Mike

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                                   -- Walt Whitman

[Wayv-user] Re: Wayv-user digest, Vol 1 #8 - 1 msg

[Jesper S M. <st...@ma...>]

Ifinally crashed again, after amazing stability over the last two weeks or
so..

uptime was about 12 hours, and with X and wayv active at all times.

Here is the complaint wayv gives when trying to restart:
--
[styx@drowned styx]$ wayv .wayv/wayv.conf
wayV version 0.2
X Error of failed request:  BadAccess (attempt to access private resource denied)
  Major opcode of failed request:  28 (X_GrabButton)
  Serial number of failed request:  15
  Current serial number in output stream:  16
--



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[Wayv-user] Re: Wayv-user digest, Vol 1 #8 - 1 msg

[Jesper S M. <st...@ma...>]

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> Hi,
>
> > After some time in use ( I like to load it background to my X and use it
> > often ) after a few hours like 2-4, often while some other program is
> > starting, it suddenly disappears. this would be ok, and I'd normally just
> > plain restart it, by it states something about it cannont lock input or
> > something (Unforunatly I cannot provoke this behavior, and so can't copy
> > the error right now) then It refuses to restart before I have restartet X.
> > of course I have checked the wayv isn't running anymore, and I would
> > assume it crashes and never shuts down properbly.
>
> Hmm, I've gotten this a few times, but couldn't discern a pattern. Do
> you get a core dump? Also what version of X are you using, what
> window manager and version, and what flavour of Unix?

No core, just plain disappears. (I might miss this, since I've turned of
core dumping... I'll switch it back on :) )
I use Xfree86 v. 4.0.2, with a NVIDIA GeForce2 MX, but experienced It also
with my TNT2 M64 (also NVIDIA) they use a agp/glx etc. driver from nvidia
(doesn't com with std. XF dist. )

On top of it I use Enlightenment 0.16.5, run from a custom .xsession file
(that is, not under gnome or nothing)
I also start wayv with a & just before E, and use it with the fullscreen
option triggered by shift rightclick.

Beneeth it all is a Linux kernel version 2.4.5, custom build on a Duron
processor (i686).

I hope this all may help you, and it is by the way, the only program I
have that disappears in that way.

Also, I believe ruling out processor heating and slow harddisks is safe
since my system is running way below max temps, and I have a software
raid0 harddisk sollution that provides about 40Mb/sec. (15Mb/sec in random
access)

> > any chance of a fix? I see the latest release is quite some time ago..
>
> Things should get moving in early September, then I'll have a look at
> the bug.

jipee :)

> Oh the joys of tracing an intermittent error,
I hate it too....


> Mike

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Re: [Wayv-user] Hi

[Mike B. <mik...@eo...>]

Hi,

> After some time in use ( I like to load it background to my X and use it
> often ) after a few hours like 2-4, often while some other program is
> starting, it suddenly disappears. this would be ok, and I'd normally just
> plain restart it, by it states something about it cannont lock input or
> something (Unforunatly I cannot provoke this behavior, and so can't copy
> the error right now) then It refuses to restart before I have restartet X.
> of course I have checked the wayv isn't running anymore, and I would
> assume it crashes and never shuts down properbly.

Hmm, I've gotten this a few times, but couldn't discern a pattern. Do
you get a core dump? Also what version of X are you using, what
window manager and version, and what flavour of Unix?

> any chance of a fix? I see the latest release is quite some time ago..

Things should get moving in early September, then I'll have a look at 
the bug.

Oh the joys of tracing an intermittent error,
Mike

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[Wayv-user] Hi

[Jesper S M. <st...@ma...>]

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I'm new on this list, but I'm experiencing an annoying bug with wayv 0.2

After some time in use ( I like to load it background to my X and use it
often ) after a few hours like 2-4, often while some other program is
starting, it suddenly disappears. this would be ok, and I'd normally just
plain restart it, by it states something about it cannont lock input or
something (Unforunatly I cannot provoke this behavior, and so can't copy
the error right now) then It refuses to restart before I have restartet X.
of course I have checked the wayv isn't running anymore, and I would
assume it crashes and never shuts down properbly.

any chance of a fix? I see the latest release is quite some time ago..

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- - Jesper

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[Wayv-user] wayV 0.2 Released

[Mike B. <sm...@st...>]

wayV 0.2, a major release, is now available for download from:
    http://www.stressbunny.com/wayv
and the specific url is:
    http://www.stressbunny.com/gimme/wayv/development/wayv.20010424.tar.gz

There are a lot of new features and improvements including:
- direction based matching 
- user feedback of what action is matched 
- quick cancelling of mismatched actions 
- configurable input window 
- emulating keypress' 

A more detailed list:
- carried out significant work on display so it now supports:
 * no input window
 * a popup full display input window
 * an input window whose size is completely set-able
 * option to control whether input windows are managed by the window manager
- user feedback added that tells the end user what action was matched
- option to control how long the user feedback appears on the center
  of the screen
- keymaps files, via new Include structure in wayv.conf, used to control
  what keycodes to send
- second gesture matching method that uses the direction the gesture was
  made in (Pda & Vector) (thanks to Simon Hart)
- vector key added to Gesture for direction matching
- 2 new processes for Action:
 * sendkey (send keypress')
 * kill (kill the last application that was started by wayV)
- experimentally extension of exec so starting and placing an X application
  is a single occurrence (WAYV_MOUSE_START and WAYV_MOUSE_END)
- bug fix so straight lines are recognizable (thanks to Simon Hart)
- bug fix so command lines in exec are working properly

Please let others know :)

Good luck,
Mike

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wayV - Open Source Handwriting and Gesture Recognition for X 
       http://stressbunny.com/wayv

Not till the waters refuse to glisten for you and the leaves to rustle
for you, do my words refuse to glisten and rustle for you.
                                   -- Walt Whitman

[Wayv-user] wayV 0.2 pre1 available

[Mike B. <sm...@st...>]

wayV 0.2 pre 1 is now available for download from:
	http://www.stressbunny.com/wayv

This supports sending any type of keypress via a gesture, including
multiple keypress', e.g. CTRL+ALT+a, etc. Some of the advantages of
this include been able to:
- have a gesture associated with a website address, so you can click
  on you web browser, carry out a gesture and up pops the web page
- have a gesture associated with the multiple keypress you use to
  move between virtual desktops, etc.

Anyway pull it down and let me know what ye think :)

Tomorrow I finish the documentation and then there'll be a general
announcement of version 0.2's availability.

Mike
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for you, do my words refuse to glisten and rustle for you.
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[Wayv-user] New screen shots

[Mike B. <sm...@st...>]

I've put up screen shots of the latest version of wayV. They're
available at:
	http://www.stressbunny.com/wayv/doc/screen-shot1.shtml

They all show the upcoming functionality of wayV 0.2

Enjoy the weekend,
Mike

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[Wayv-user] Nearly at 0.2 release of wayV

[Mike B. <sm...@st...>]

Hallo wayV email list subscribers,
Mike Bennett, the main wayV developer, here with a status update. 

Firstly wayV isn't dead - recently I took some electrodes to it and brought 
it back to life (mmmmuuh haha its lives its lives!) In honour of the resuscitation
I'm code naming the upcoming 0.2 release "Frankenstien".

One major non-code related change is that wayV is no longer hosted on
SourceForge. While they provide some great facilites I felt a setup where
I had full control was more appropiate. Therefore wayV's new home is:
		http://www.stressbunny.com/wayv

New features and updates include:
- configurable so that gestures can be inputted via a window manager managed
   window
- feedback on what action is matched
- ability to kill (with a gesture) the last program executed via wayV
- direction based matching (thanks to Simon Hart)
- draw a gesture and an associated key press is carried out, e.g. draw A and
   the letter a appears in your current input window
- ability to do execute and place (very experimental - more about it later)
- various bug fixes including recognizing straight lines correctly (thanks to
   Simon Hart again), proper parsing of the Action.exec key, etc
- seriously improved build configure

0.2 should be ready within 2 to 3 weeks - thats the time line I'm working
towards. 

Outstanding before the release can happen:
- finish off sending key press', it's needs a lot more work
- update all the documentation with the latest new configuration options
- general code clean up
- test test test

I'd appreciate if people could pull down the latest development code:
    http://www.stressbunny.com/gimme/wayv/development/wayv.20010313.tar.gz
and provide some feedback. BTW make sure and backup your existing 
"wayv.conf" first!

I've lots of ideas for the future of wayV - especially improvements for mobile
devices which I'll outline after the 0.2 release - but if you have suggestions
then please sent them on. All feedback is appreciated :)

Good luck,
Mike

[Wayv-user] Official release of wayV v0.1

[Mike B. <sm...@te...>]

wayV (http://wayv.sourceforge.net) is a free software
(GPL) project to extend the the functionality of the
mouse. This is achieved by allowing a user to make
gestures with the mouse resulting in an action occuring,
i.e. draw an N and netscape starts, draw a C and xcalc
starts, etc.

The first official release of wayV is now available from
the download section of the wayV website:
       http://wayv.sourceforge.net/downloads.shtml

This version provides the ability to:
- start programs by drawing shapes/making gestures with
  the mouse any where on the desktop
- setup how wayV begins gesture capture, i.e. which
  mouse buttons and/or keyboard combinations activate it
- turn on or off user feedback, i.e. whether the drawn
  gesture is displayed on screen
- associate gestures with programs (for those who aren't
  afraid to use a text editor on the configuration file,
  see "HOWTO-wayv-conf" and wayv.conf)
- create new gestures/shapes that the brave setup
  in the configuration file

For further information please visit the main wayV
website:
                http://wayv.sourceforge.net

Re: [Wayv-user] hi

[Mike B. <sm...@te...>]

Hi,

> i guess i am one of the first subscribers to that list, am i?

Yep, looks like it - imagine years from now you'll be able to claim that ;)

> anyway, i tried to change the code a bit today to fit my needs, then i
> realized there is a problem with XGrabButton as it locks the button for
> other apps, right?

Yes, I didn't want the mouse press event to be propagated to the
programs over which the mouse was clicked. It could lead to all types of
confusion if wayV and another program were simultaneously trying to
use the mouse.

> so a combination, that does not lock the buttons would be very important
> (so i had to put wayV out of my .xinitrc again :( 

Oh, no - this I must fix ;)

> Damn.. if Xfree86 3.3.6 would just support my 6th mouse button! Does 4.0
> support more than 5 actually?

I don't know.

> But activating the box by pressing M1 and M3 at once for example would
> be fine for me..
> i haven't had enough time to dig completely into your code; is that hard
> to implement?

It shouldn't be - it'll be a matter of rewriting the parser slightly and
*fingers crossed* setting up a better mask on the XGrabButton.

Also I've decided to defreeze (/me pulls pulls out a blow torch and gets
to work) wayV 0.0.9. I'm going to add in the multiple button activation 
before 0.1 - too many people are saying they'd use it if that was possible.

Hopefully I'll get that implemented this evening - ahh now isn't that
great to see such a responsive free software project :)

bye bye,
Mike

[Wayv-user] hi

[xandi <xa...@3D...>]

hi,
i guess i am one of the first subscribers to that list, am i?

anyway, i tried to change the code a bit today to fit my needs, then i
realized there is a problem with XGrabButton as it locks the button for
other apps, right?
..because i need all my five buttons - 1 for click, 2 for "open in new
window" in netscape, 3 for context-sensitive menues in almost all apps,
4 and 5 for up and down with my wheel in netscape..
so a combination, that does not lock the buttons would be very important
(so i had to put wayV out of my .xinitrc again :( 
Damn.. if Xfree86 3.3.6 would just support my 6th mouse button! Does 4.0
support more than 5 actually?
But activating the box by pressing M1 and M3 at once for example would
be fine for me..
i haven't had enough time to dig completely into your code; is that hard
to implement?

bye
Xandi
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