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

[Mike Erwin]

Yes, I can send something about 9 hours from now (no internet at home!). Win8
might like it better than 7, but it's supposed to work on both.

On Tuesday, February 5, 2013, Dalai Felinto wrote:

> 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 <javascript:;>>
>
> > 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<javascript:;>>
> 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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Mike Erwin
musician, naturalist, pixel pusher, hacker extraordinaire