Re: Support for Acecad graphic tablets

From: Giuseppe Bilotta
Date: Mon May 30 2005 - 03:12:01 EST


On Sun, 29 May 2005 18:13:27 -0400, Dave Jones wrote:

> On Sun, May 29, 2005 at 03:42:20PM +0200, Giuseppe Bilotta wrote:
> > Hello all,
> >
> > I have a an Acecad/Medi@com graphic tablet. There are drivers for it
> > available on the Internet (see for examples
> > http://acecad.sourceforge.net/ and the pages linked from there,
> > although the wanadoo.fr page at the top is temporarily unavailable),
> > but it seems they have not been merged into mainline. Is there a
> > particular reason for it?
>
> My first guess is that the folks who wrote it haven't submitted it
> for whatever reason. Stuff that doesn't get submitted tends not
> to get merged :)

Yes, I got an email reply "Merge is planned" :) Good to know.

BTW, is there something like a "generic HID tablet" driver available
(or even possible)? Something like a "generic keyboard" and "generic
mouse" ...

--
Giuseppe "Oblomov" Bilotta

"Da grande lotterò per la pace"
"A me me la compra il mio babbo"
(Altan)
("When I grow up, I will fight for peace"
"I'll have my daddy buy it for me")

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