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From: Dov Grobgeld <dov.grobgeld@gmail.com>
To: emacs-devel <emacs-devel@gnu.org>
Subject: Stylus drawing input?
Date: Thu, 12 Jan 2023 08:39:12 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <CA++fsGHfPba26EsfOVbkbz7Wuyz6yjnv5fkeKdEzQJE_kNJ7Lw@mail.gmail.com> (raw)

Hello,

I wonder if anyone has ever worked on stylus (or mouse actually)
drawing input for emacs, which stores a "path" [*] of the stylus input
events?

Here are some possible use cases for such support:

In PDF-Mode there is an annotation option that allows attaching text
to various points in the document. It would be a nice addition to be
able to scribble with a stylus on top of the document and leaving
behind a "path" annotation as well.

Another use for such a mode would be for the android port, where we
may send the path to a path-to-text algorithm, for stylus text input.

When giving a presentation, it is often quicker to scribble on top of
the slides to illustrate a point, than it is to edit the source text
of the presentation.

Thanks!

[1] A path is here defined as a sequence of moveto xy, lineto xy,
(curveto(?), closepath) commands. Possibly with with additional vertex
attributes like time, pressure, tilt, etc.



             reply	other threads:[~2023-01-12  6:39 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 19+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2023-01-12  6:39 Dov Grobgeld [this message]
2023-01-14  6:06 ` Stylus drawing input? Richard Stallman
2023-01-14  8:17   ` Dr. Arne Babenhauserheide
2023-01-14  9:38     ` Peter
2023-01-14  9:57     ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-01-14 10:49       ` Dr. Arne Babenhauserheide
2023-01-15  5:13     ` Richard Stallman
2023-01-16  7:41       ` Dr. Arne Babenhauserheide
2023-01-16  7:45       ` Dr. Arne Babenhauserheide
2023-01-16  8:26         ` tomas
2023-01-23 21:15           ` Dov Grobgeld
2023-01-23 23:48             ` Po Lu
2023-01-24  8:03               ` Dov Grobgeld
2023-01-24 10:50                 ` Po Lu
2023-01-24 12:27                 ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-01-24 15:55                   ` Dov Grobgeld
2023-01-24 17:00                     ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-01-14  9:50   ` Po Lu
2023-01-15  5:13     ` Richard Stallman

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