Re: [Gimp-developer] Wayland wacom support: binding tablets to the canvas

[Alexandre Prokoudine <alexandre prokoudine gmail com>]

On Fri, Jun 27, 2014 at 5:54 AM, Peter Hutterer wrote:
> [Please CC me on the reply, I'm not on the list]
>
> Hey guys,
>
> As you may be aware we're currently working on getting wacom graphics tablet
> support into Wayland. Lyude (on CC) has sent out an inital draft for the
> protocol, archived here:
> http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/wayland-devel/2014-June/015583.html
> Dmitry from the Krita project has also triggered a discussion here.
> http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/wayland-devel/2014-June/015605.html
> This is all still in flux, so don't expect the current draft to be the final
> project, but now's the time to wish for what you need.
>
> All that aside, here's a specific question: GIMP has/had a feature where the
> surface of the tablet could be mapped to the canvas on the screen.

It's a sort of typical feature for GTK+ apps that deal with advanced
input devices. At the very  least Inkscape and Synfig have it as well.

Alex