Re: [Inkscape-devel] [Inkscape-user] Wacom problems
On 10/18/07, Jim Ford <jaford@...1821...> wrote:
Docsonic wrote:
I just got a Wacom Intuos3 tablet and I am trying to set it up properly for Inkscape on Win XP SP2 (fully patched). At first pressure setting wouldn't work so I downloaded the latest build (Oct 18, 2007) and it works great! However, the mouse doesn't work at all properly - it seems to be using the pen settings. I have tried other programs (Gimp, Flash etc) to make sure it isn't a setting I have wrong but they all seem to work correctly. I do have a profile set up in the Wacom prefs for the pen in Inkscape but the mouse is using the default settings.
Has anyone else come across this and if so, what can I do to fix it? It's great having the pen but I can't double-click guides with the pen so there are times that the mouse is useful.
Tiresome, isn't it?
Myself and at least one other user have reported this problem, but have had no responses from the gurus. I guess it's a 'feature' of Inkscape!
Jim Ford
I don't remember see this on the Inkscape Devel List. So, I'm sending this to there.
Just so you know the user list is good but for issues like this the devel list is easier to get responses from the developlers as they watch it all the time. Or filing a bug report with the tracker if it hasn't been done, most bugs get looked at during the release cycle.
As to this bug i think this maybe a GTK bug as Synfig has the similar issue of not being able to use the mouse for input when input from a tablet is turned on. Or maybe we not setting it up right who knows.
Thanks for the report, Joshua L. Blocher
I just wanted to point out this must be an exception rather than the rule, as my Wacom Intuos3 and mouse is working fine with build 30 Sept.
Joshua Blocher wrote:
Has anyone else come across this and if so, what can I do to fix it? It's great having the pen but I can't double-click guides with the pen
so
there are times that the mouse is useful.
Tiresome, isn't it?
Myself and at least one other user have reported this problem, but have had no responses from the gurus. I guess it's a 'feature' of Inkscape!
Thanks for that Joshua, I am never sure what qualifies as user and what is dev. As I added in the user list, the main problem I have with this is the inability to accurately position guides with the pen so a workaround would be an alternative way to open the settings window for the guides or to have the xml display the value in the same format as the page (mm, in, px etc) which it doesn't seem to do now. I could work with either way and that is the only thing I use the mouse for at the moment.
Microugly - Bulya said that the gtk version is an included library and as we are both using ready made builds rather than home compiled there should be no difference there. Do you still have the Sept 30 build available? The oldest on the site is from October and I wanted to make sure the problem is my end so I would like to try that version.
Bulya - are there any circumstances where a locally installed version of gtk overrides the Inkscape supplied version? I have installed gtk to build Inkscape in the past so that may be a cause there. The fact that it works for other people would suggest that gtk is not the sole cause of this problem. I also have the same problem with Gimp but that would not use the same version of gtk as Inkscape so I am not sure of the connection there.
I am quite willing to try whatever anyone can suggest to fix this but I am not a programmer so I need direction :-)
Thanks,
Tony
microUgly wrote:
I just wanted to point out this must be an exception rather than the rule, as my Wacom Intuos3 and mouse is working fine with build 30 Sept.
Joshua Blocher wrote:
Has anyone else come across this and if so, what can I do to fix it? It's great having the pen but I can't double-click guides with the pen
so
there are times that the mouse is useful.
Tiresome, isn't it?
Myself and at least one other user have reported this problem, but have had no responses from the gurus. I guess it's a 'feature' of Inkscape!
Docsonic wrote:
Do you still have the Sept 30 build available? The oldest on the site is from October and I wanted to make sure the problem is my end so I would like to try that version.
I do have it, but last night I upgraded to the very latest build and I'm still not having any issues. If there is a suspected conflict with GTK I can say that I don't have any other traces of GTK on this PC.
Well, I guess it is a GTK version clash... I deleted every reference to GTK in my path and it works perfectly now! Note: I didn't uninstall GTK, I didn't delete anything, I just edited the path variable.
Thanks to everyone who helped,
Tony
microUgly wrote:
Docsonic wrote:
Do you still have the Sept 30 build available? The oldest on the site is from October and I wanted to make sure the problem is my end so I would like to try that version.
I do have it, but last night I upgraded to the very latest build and I'm still not having any issues. If there is a suspected conflict with GTK I can say that I don't have any other traces of GTK on this PC.
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