[Bf-committers] Basic touch support for Windows/Linux

[Dalai Felinto]

Hi Mike,

Do you have a patch I could use to test here?
I have a trackpad that I use in the OSX, but my laptop has Windows8 in the
bootcamp, so it may work.

--
Dalai

2013/2/5 Mike Erwin <significant.bit at gmail.com>

> Hey Ton & all,
>
> I spent the past two weekends working on this for Windows actually,
> inspired by your Mac trackpad goodness! The code came together fine, but...
> never gets called on the hardware I have. Tested on Wacom Intuos5 and
> Logitech T650 under Windows 7. From what I understand, the WM_GESTURE
> message (which we can turn into GHOST events) can not be generated by
> 3rd-party hardware vendors, until Microsoft sorts it out. It supposedly
> works with touchscreens, but I don't have one to test. Wacom has a touch
> API for their stuff, but I can't find any more info for the T650.
>
> Another issue is that the Windows touch/gesture APIs are for Win7 and up,
> so if anyone knows a good way to include those but still be able to
> build/run on WinXP, please share it.
>
> I'll post the short code segment if someone can get it to work.
>
> Mike Erwin
> musician, naturalist, pixel pusher, hacker extraordinaire
>
>
> On Tue, Feb 5, 2013 at 11:42 AM, Ton Roosendaal <ton at blender.org> wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > On macs, 2-finger swipes (trackpads, tablets) now get handled nicely. It
> > sends "trackpad events" from Ghost to blender, to work as smooth as MMB
> > view manipulations.
> >
> > On Blender side code is all fine, but I need someone in Windows and Linux
> > to get the Ghost code sending out the right events for it. (Instead of
> > scrollwheel events, to send trackpad).
> >
> > It should have been done in bcon3, I know - but it's probably just 2-3
> > lines in ghost to send the events! And needs tests :)
> >
> > -Ton-
> >
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