[Bf-committers] 3D Connexion ndof support in blender 2.5

[Rafael Ortis]

Thanks Ton,

Do you mean an dynamically allocated struct?
I will try to make the modifications. :D

Rafael Ortis

2011/1/1 Ton Roosendaal <ton at blender.org>:
> Hi,
>
> OH; forgot for point 1)
> Just make it point to an allocated struct, that way things don't get
> saved in files.
>
> -Ton-
>
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> Ton Roosendaal  Blender Foundation   ton at blender.org    www.blender.org
> Blender Institute   Entrepotdok 57A  1018AD Amsterdam   The Netherlands
>
> On 1 Jan, 2011, at 17:12, Ton Roosendaal wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> Good news!
>>
>> 1) That's Ok for now, but mark it with /* XXX hack */ to point at that
>> this is potentially wip stuff. Making a struct would be nice too,
>> probably each float has a real meaning, that makes the code readable.
>>
>> 2) If aligning fails, always add variables with a name like "pad". In
>> your case a single "int pad;" is sufficient
>>
>> General note: in 2.49 the code for ndof was spread all around, with
>> exception handling for tools and view manipulations. We really don't
>> want this back, but have the NDOF device deliver nice and well defined
>> events instead. These then can become keymappable.
>>
>> In order to have a NDOF device work *while* using tools (paint, rotate
>> view), we need to add still a parallel queue handling in Blender.
>> Multitouch devices need this too, and there's already been some work
>> on it. I'd advice to not try this for now, I rather have this work
>> done after we've put wm_eventsystem.c completely in sane design.
>> There's too many loose ends there now. :)
>>
>> -Ton-
>>
>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>> Ton Roosendaal  Blender Foundation   ton at blender.org
>> www.blender.org
>> Blender Institute   Entrepotdok 57A  1018AD Amsterdam   The
>> Netherlands
>>
>> On 1 Jan, 2011, at 14:54, Rafael Ortis wrote:
>>
>>> I am working on a patch to restore 3d Connexion ndof feature in
>>> blender 2.5.
>>>
>>> My patch is based on the 2.49b version and right now i have been able
>>> to restore  only the original mode. The other limitation is that
>>> blender will only seek for the "3DxNdofBlender.plug" in the current
>>> installation folder and not in the user's ~./blender/plugins folder.
>>>
>>> Since I'm really new to blender code i have some questions:
>>>
>>> 1. In version 2.49b the last known ndof device state was on window
>>> struct :
>>> ...
>>> float   ndof[7];
>>> ...
>>>
>>> I have placed this in wmWindow. Was this the right place?
>>>
>>> 2. This modification in wmWindow breaks the alignment of the struct
>>> so
>>> i have added a 4 bytes with:
>>>
>>> short ndofAlign[2];
>>>
>>> Is this OK?
>>>
>>>
>>> I'm using:
>>>
>>> Linux (Ubuntu 10.10)
>>> gcc version: (Ubuntu/Linaro 4.4.4-14ubuntu5) 4.4.5
>>> 3DConnexion device: Space Navigator
>>> 3DConnexion driver: 3DConnecion linux version
>>>
>>> Happy new year!!!
>>>
>>> att.
>>> Rafael Ortis
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