On Fri, Nov 10, 2017 at 09:47:27PM +0100, Bastien Nocera wrote: > > > > On 10 Nov 2017, at 11:16, Benjamin Tissoires <benjamin.tissoires@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > The Dell Canvas 27 has a new tool called the Totem[1]. > > This tool is aimed at popping up a menu right around it and the user > > can select the desired menu by turning the tool and pushing it (it has > > an embedded button). > > Apart from the coordinates telling you where it is on screen, what’s the difference with the USB and later BLE versions of the PowerMate: > https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Griffin_PowerMate > https://griffintechnology.com/us/powermate-bluetooth from a user's POV I think that's a rather big difference, same as the difference between an intuos and a cintiq or the indirect/direct touch difference. > > Microsoft has a similar one[2] known as the Surface Dial. The one from > > Microsoft works with BLE so it is possible to use it without an > > touchscreen (from what I've seen on internet, the menu will pop up in > > the middle of the screen). > > I’d be interested in having one of the Griffin or Surface Dial working, so > we can avoid having to change the plumbing that could get a bit too Dell > Canvas specific. (Surface Dial: 87€, PowerMate 92€) > > > I think it would be good for Fedora and Gnome to support such a tool, > > given that studios are the main target for it. > > But do we know whether they’re going to use it? It’s not like you can plop > down about 100€ got the functionality, you also need the huge expensive > tablet to go with it. > > > However, this requires quite some effort in all the layers as it is a > > new type of tool. > > Do we have any way to pass down the physical size of the device, when it’s > on the tablet’s screen? Are the MS and Dell devices interchangeable? (I’m > guessing not) If we have infrastructure for those radial menus, will > we/should we start using them for the dials on Wacom tablets? I can handle this in libinput and pass it down. Fwiw my current way of thinking is to handle this as another tool in the tablet interface, adding extra axes to that for width/height is a trivial API addition. I somewhat rely on the kernel to give me sane data but c'est la vie. Cheers, Peter > > > I started creating a few bug trackers: > > https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1511846 (kernel) > > https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1511851 (libinput) > > https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1511854 (mutter) > > > > Feel free to clone those in the respective upstream projects. > > > > My guess is that we need changes in the kernel, libinput, wayland and > > mutter. I might be wrong, please correct me if I am. > > > > I think this can be achievable for Fedora 28. Thoughts? > > > > Cheers, > > Benjamin > > > > [1] https://www.dell.com/en-us/work/shop/workstations-isv-certified-dell/dell-canvas/spd/dell-canvas-kv2718d/s001pdc27us > > [2] https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/surface/accessories/surface-dial _______________________________________________ desktop mailing list -- desktop@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to desktop-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
