Please support wacom artpen rotation axis and airbrush wheel

[Metabaronen]

Currently inkscape support a computed rotation seemingly based on the x and y tilt of the wacom Stylus. The Wacom ArtPen support a more exact rotation supported by the hardware. This pen uses 2 coils to determine the rotation instead of one. This is very useful with the calligraph pen.

The Airbrush tool support an extra axis in form of a wheel on the top that can be used to control the flow of paint or size of brush in addition to the pressure sensitivity.

The upcoming linuxwacom (0.8.6?) driver will let us identify the model of the pen device that is used.
Here is some more device information about the tool id: http://linuxwacom.sourceforge.net/index.php/all "6.1 - Overview for Third Party Developers"

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Emil

[Jon A. Cruz (jon-joncruz)]

Some work had been started on this already
http://codewideopen.blogspot.com/2008/03/new-tablet-config.html
http://codewideopen.blogspot.com/2008/03/tablet-test-area.html

(To test this, a define has to be changed in the source and a build done with that set)

It would help development to actually get our hands on the hardware in question. Second to that would be active feedback from someone who does own the hardware.