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wacom - Wacom input driver
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "idevname"
Driver "wacom"
Option "Device" "devpath"
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wacom is an XFree86 input driver for Wacom devices.
The wacom driver functions as a pointer input device, and
may be used as the X server's core pointer.
This driver supports the Wacom IV and Wacom V protocols.
Preliminary support is available for USB devices on some
Linux platforms.
Please refer to XF86Config(5) for general configuration
details and for options that can be used with all input
drivers. This section only covers configuration details
specific to this driver.
Multiple instances of the Wacom devices can cohabit. It can
be useful to define multiple devices with different active
zones. Each device supports the following entries:
Option "Type" "stylus"|"eraser"|"cursor"
sets the type of tool the device represent. This
option is mandatory.
Option "Device" "path"
sets the path to the special file which
represents serial line where the tablet is
plugged. You have to specify it for each sub-
section with the same value if you want to have
multiple devices with the same tablet. This
option is mandatory.
Option "USB" "on"
tells the driver to dialog with the tablet the
USB way. This option is only available on some
Linux platforms.
Option "DeviceName" "name"
sets the name of the X device.
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Option "Suppress" "Inumber"
sets the position increment under which not to
transmit coordinates. This entry must be speci-
fied only in the first Wacom subsection if you
have multiple devices for one tablet. If you
don't specify this entry, the default value is
computed to
Option "Mode" "Relative"|"Absolute"
sets the mode of the device.
Option "Tilt" "on"
enables tilt report if your tablet supports it
(ROM version 1.4 and above). If this is enabled,
multiple devices at the same time will not be
reported.
Option "HistorySize" "number"
sets the motion history size. By default the
value is zero.
Option "AlwaysCore" "on"
enables the sharing of the core pointer. When
this feature is enabled, the device will take
control of the core pointer (and thus will emit
core events) and at the same time will be able,
when asked so, to report extended events. You
can use the last available integer feedback to
control this feature. When the value of the
feedback is zero, the feature is disabled. The
feature is enabled for any other value.
Option "TopX" "number"
X coordinate of the top corner of the active
zone.
Option "TopY" "number"
Y coordinate of the top corner of the active
zone.
Option "BottomX" "Inumber"
X coordinate of the bottom corner of the active
zone.
Option "BottomY" "number"
Y coordinate of the bottom corner of the active
zone.
Option "KeepShape" "on"
When this option is enabled, the active zone
begins according to TopX and TopY. The bottom
corner is adjusted to keep the ratio
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width/height of the active zone the same as the
screen while maximizing the area described by
TopX, TopY, BottomX, BottomY.
Option "DebugLevel" number
sets the level of debugging info reported.
Option "BaudRate" "38400", "19200" or "9600"
changes the serial link speed. This option is
only available for wacom V models (Intuos).
Option "Serial" "number"
sets the serial number associated with the phy-
sical device. This allows to have multiple dev-
ices of the same type (i.e. multiple pens). This
option is only available on wacom V devices
(Intuos). To see which serial number belongs to
a device, you have to set the DebugLevel to 6
and watch the output of the X server.
Option "Threshold" "number"
sets the pressure threshold used to generate a
button 1 events of stylus devices for some
models of tablets (Intuos and Graphire).
XFree86(1), XF86Config(5), xf86config(1), Xserver(1), X(7).
Frederic Lepied <lepied@xfree86.org>
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