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Archlinux on the Microsoft Surface Pro 3
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N-Trig Touch Pen - Works great but I have no idea how to configure it! #8

Open nuclearsandwich opened 9 years ago

nuclearsandwich commented 9 years ago

The N-Trig pen works amazingly well and in tandem with the multitouch gestures via touchegg!

The pen can cover near the screen and both the face buttons on the pen work with the nearer-tip button acting as mouse button one and the other acting as a middle mouse button. I'd very much like to change that so the near button is the middle mouse and the far button is the right mouse button since I tend to paste more often than I open context menus. The purple top button is bluetooth and so doesn't currently have a hope of working. If it ever does, I'll probably try and make it do something cool like launch the onscreen keyboard or a visual application selector.

Pressure sensitivity and responsiveness is really good when doodling in mypaint but the eraser does nothing.

ntrig-pen-demo

ianks commented 9 years ago

Can you tell how you were able to get multitouch gestures on the touchscreen?

nuclearsandwich commented 9 years ago

@ianks

The touchegg AUR package and the config in https://github.com/nuclearsandwich/dotfiles/blob/master/config/touchegg/touchegg.conf

ianks commented 9 years ago

@nuclearsandwich You are the best! Thank you sir.

FernandezR commented 9 years ago

Can you tell me how you got the buttons on the pen working?

nuclearsandwich commented 9 years ago

@FernandezR they just work. I have not determined how to configure them. The top button is bluetooth and doesn't work.

cjdb commented 9 years ago

I'm struggling to get the select and erase buttons to work as well. Did you do anything else before they started working? (Trying to eliminate things here).

pacomaro commented 8 years ago

I've only managed to get the upper side button working. The lower one doesn't even print in xinput test

ccat3z commented 8 years ago

The lower button doesn't print anything in xinput test.

pacomaro commented 8 years ago

Same here.

Francisco Mariz Rodrigues

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On Tue, Jan 26, 2016 at 12:35 PM, Zhang Lingfeng notifications@github.com wrote:

The lower button doesn't print anything in xinput test.

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ccat3z commented 8 years ago

I found the solution @pacomaro https://github.com/danielquinn/Gentoo-Surface-Pro-3/tree/master/x11

pacomaro commented 8 years ago

Nice! I'll give it a try when have the time.

Francisco Mariz Rodrigues

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On Wed, Jan 27, 2016 at 12:43 PM, Zhang Lingfeng notifications@github.com wrote:

I found the solution @pacomaro https://github.com/pacomaro https://github.com/danielquinn/Gentoo-Surface-Pro-3/tree/master/x11

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ccat3z commented 8 years ago

I submited the packages on aur.. xf86-input-evdev-git-surfacepen3 but how to make it work like windows 10? (press&hold the right button and click the screen)

pacomaro commented 8 years ago

With me, the pen loses pressure. Or rather, it doesn't paint. I've tried krita and my paint.

Francisco Mariz Rodrigues

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On Wed, Jan 27, 2016 at 2:31 PM, Zhang Lingfeng notifications@github.com wrote:

I submited the packages on aur.. xf86-input-evdev-git-surfacepen3 https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/xf86-input-evdev-git-surfacepen3/ but how to make it work like windows 10? (press&hold the right button and click the screen)

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