Re: Gimp/Windows/Tablets

["J. Ali Harlow" <ali juiblex co uk>]

On 2004.03.08 15:08 Jazelle wrote:
> This was posted to me on another site:
>
> Just a quick word about Gimp and tablets, to save you from any
> unpleasant surprises: if you're using Windows, then just be warned
> that the tablet support for Gimp on Windows is currently broken. This
> hasn't been fixed in Gimp 2 either. You can use the tablet if you turn
> off tablet options and just use the pen as a mouse, but then you won't
> be able to make use of things such as pressure sensitivity and whatnot
> (aww...). Apparently the problem is not really in Gimp, but in GTK, go
> figure.
>
> I just bought a tablet and was hoping to use it with GIMP but now I
> don't know. I want to be able to use all the features or why have it
> at all. If you are a GTK developer please address this problem for us
> window uses ASAP please.

Bugs 81663 and 133645 would appear to apply.

http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=81663

and

http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=133645

Not that this helps you very much, but at least it's a known problem.

Cheers,

Ali.