From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Draw and Scribble Notes in GNU Emacs (Schematics) Date: Sat, 09 Oct 2021 09:15:26 -0400 Message-ID: References: <87h7e1grzg.fsf@mat.ucm.es> <87pmsl74ws.fsf@gmail.com> <87v92d6leu.fsf@mat.ucm.es> <87zgrin1gv.fsf@mat.ucm.es> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="40774"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/28.0.50 (gnu/linux) To: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Sat Oct 09 15:17:18 2021 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1mZCE2-000AM9-25 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Sat, 09 Oct 2021 15:17:18 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:34164 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1mZCE0-0001Sc-AH for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Sat, 09 Oct 2021 09:17:16 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:59378) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1mZCCN-0000R7-Le for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 09 Oct 2021 09:15:35 -0400 Original-Received: from mailscanner.iro.umontreal.ca ([132.204.25.50]:46668) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1mZCCJ-00079E-NQ for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 09 Oct 2021 09:15:33 -0400 Original-Received: from pmg1.iro.umontreal.ca (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by pmg1.iro.umontreal.ca (Proxmox) with ESMTP id B614E10038B; Sat, 9 Oct 2021 09:15:28 -0400 (EDT) Original-Received: from mail01.iro.umontreal.ca (unknown [172.31.2.1]) by pmg1.iro.umontreal.ca (Proxmox) with ESMTP id 6741F100134; Sat, 9 Oct 2021 09:15:27 -0400 (EDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=iro.umontreal.ca; s=mail; t=1633785327; bh=lW0oEZqmea0mVz1+BotgjdXbAnq9fUyn/34dEXvirQ8=; h=From:To:Subject:References:Date:In-Reply-To:From; b=ijjS0zwB4X0tXNzAv9/jTddTU/H3ocsKn1L3AmXGx/OzJxcsIdkBkzU4d3/npZwbS 8CWDaG6z9ZaDt0W4+BKADbLwUDH36Mv9HRLiP228ryVtghDBYArNnfOKTgErSYpNv6 JhM85+AGVujeJqR4VOBt+v9XOLkRMiH1LTKyymQz1NGxGTcb5slQZuNfGXmdRjtqEU 2Fb0UeMSH04h5yC8LOvmspy9pJBnJHUiOIccXvzIPyu3exWC9uX7/gWavxSz8Sm7+3 Or2juiqc6jVEn3PzHoLkTFnCbEKRtbdlO4Ia1mlc1Wk6MuYGZq0lfGGLtde5D/0Pg7 XVpCLqGNe40AA== Original-Received: from pastel (unknown [45.72.241.23]) by mail01.iro.umontreal.ca (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 25872120489; Sat, 9 Oct 2021 09:15:27 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: <87zgrin1gv.fsf@mat.ucm.es> (Uwe Brauer's message of "Sat, 09 Oct 2021 08:42:24 +0200") Received-SPF: pass client-ip=132.204.25.50; envelope-from=monnier@iro.umontreal.ca; helo=mailscanner.iro.umontreal.ca X-Spam_score_int: -42 X-Spam_score: -4.3 X-Spam_bar: ---- X-Spam_report: (-4.3 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_MED=-2.3, SPF_HELO_NONE=0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "Emacs-devel" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.devel:276611 Archived-At: >>> That implementation of yours, as nice as it is, is a different beast >>> then. I think it is worth to clarify that. >> Can you describe the job it actually does? > I think the author is more qualified to tell you, but from what I have > seen, it works on any device in which the mouse or passive pen does the > =ABwriting=BB. AFAIK the code just uses `mouse-movement` events and so it will work with any device that can be exposed this way. > However to get a decent writing experience (and we are talking about > =ABnote taking=BB here) works, currently, only with a device that operate= s a > Bluetooth based pen. The main reason is that allows you to rest your > palm on the screen. Is there any reason to think that such a device would not generate those same `mouse-movement` events? [ IIUC this is hypothetical since there is currently no hardware that works the way you describe and that also runs Emacs. ] Stefan