[iyonix-support] Re: USB graphic tablet

In article <dd27d7634f.martin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Martin Wuerthner
<lists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> In message <4f63b82e9ftim@xxxxxxxxx> Tim Hill <tim@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

[Snip]

> > I guess any system-wide implementation should provide a standard SYS
> > call for apps to be able to grab the pressure value then apply that
> > to a brush width, or whatever. Aren't the BASIC ADVAL functions a bit
> > redundant now and going spare?   ;-)

> This is not an issue.

Excellent news.

> The SWI provided by the Eesox pressure sensitive
> tablet and used by the ArtwWorks pressure tool and PhotoDesk has
> become the de facto standard, so I would expect any future
> implementation of pressure sensitivity to simply provide the
> established interface (for instance, this is what the Paradise
> Software implementation did).

Let's hope a RISC OS dealer will want to sell tablets and then maybe
there will be the impetus for (re-)implementing such features. There are
times I would like an alternative to an RSI-inducing mouse or trackball
and will get one, just as a mouse replacement.

-- 
Tim Hill,

www.timil.com

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