SoC idea: Tablet PC support (was: pressure sensitive tablet support)

[Dan Kegel]

On 3/21/07, Dan Kegel  wrote:
> While looking around for a project idea, I noticed that people
> are starting to ask for pressure sensitive tablet support in
> Photoshop on Wine.  Seems like it could be a fun project
> for some Summer of Code student.

Update: wintab32 is already implemented in Wine,
but there's a new API being pushed by Microsoft
for Tablet PC applications.  So the idea is instead
"Get Tablet PC applications working on Wine", focusing
on Tablet PC apps that offer pressure sensitivity, say.

(I thought that FIrefox's GeckoTip extension used
the new tablet PC APIs, but after looking at the
source, I'm not so sure... I'm sure there are lots of
good demo apps somewhere.)

This assumes that Tablet PC apps don't yet work on
Wine.  I haven't tried... the place to start is probably
to get the Tablet PC SDK (a free download if you have
Windows) and start playing with it.
- Dan

Tablet PC and Summer of Code in Ubuntu

[Scott Ritchie]

Hi, I just wanted to call to the Ubuntu list's attention that there is
also a discussion of getting tablet PC support into Wine.  Developer Dan
Kegel even suggested it as a Summer of Code project.

I encourage Charlotte (or anyone else interested in tablet PC support)
to also give the winehq list a try - they might even help mentor you.
Also, if your summer of code project seems to help multiple
Google-sponsored projects (eg Ubuntu and Wine), it's more likely to be
approved :)

Thanks,
Scott Ritchie
> From the wine-devel mailing list:

Re: SoC idea: Tablet PC support (was: pressure sensitive tablet support)
On Fri, 2007-03-23 at 18:57 -0700, Dan Kegel wrote:
> On 3/21/07, Dan Kegel  wrote:
> > While looking around for a project idea, I noticed that people
> > are starting to ask for pressure sensitive tablet support in
> > Photoshop on Wine.  Seems like it could be a fun project
> > for some Summer of Code student.
>
> Update: wintab32 is already implemented in Wine,
> but there's a new API being pushed by Microsoft
> for Tablet PC applications.  So the idea is instead
> "Get Tablet PC applications working on Wine", focusing
> on Tablet PC apps that offer pressure sensitivity, say.
>
> (I thought that FIrefox's GeckoTip extension used
> the new tablet PC APIs, but after looking at the
> source, I'm not so sure... I'm sure there are lots of
> good demo apps somewhere.)
>
> This assumes that Tablet PC apps don't yet work on
> Wine.  I haven't tried... the place to start is probably
> to get the Tablet PC SDK (a free download if you have
> Windows) and start playing with it.
> - Dan