Feature Request: Option to pass input to system

[Vaisakhkm2625]

Can you please provide an option to get input and pass it to the system, so that we can use trackpad like a wacom tablet?

here is a completely hacky python script i made for the same, :( only works on x11
https://github.com/Vaisakhkm2625/touchpaddraw/

it would be awesome if you could integrate similar functionally to fingerpaint.

(btw, isn't it a bit insecure to change permission for user's device... wouldn't it be better if it was using a client server method like ydotool & ydotoold)

[Wazzaps]

hmm i don't know if this is in scope of the fingerpaint application, but the touchpad reading and cursor locking could be factored out into a library.

I don't consider the touchpad to be a sensitive device (like the keyboard), especially considering that if someone can execute code on your typical linux desktop you are screwed anyway (change bashrc -> alias sudo to steal password and get root -> install rootkit, etc.)

[Vaisakhkm2625]

hmm i don't know if this is in scope of the fingerpaint application, but the touchpad reading and cursor locking could be factored out into a library.

I don't consider the touchpad to be a sensitive device (like the keyboard), especially considering that if someone can execute code on your typical linux desktop you are screwed anyway (change bashrc -> alias sudo to steal password and get root -> install rootkit, etc.)

I understand that this feature request doesn't aline with your project goals...
it's just a suggestion.... it would be awesome if you could implement it

:) also you are right about linux....

[parkerlreed]

I found this but the repo appears to be gone https://osu.ppy.sh/community/forums/topics/1238167?n=1

Might want to see if they are interested in picking it back up.

EDIT: Aha found a fork!

https://github.com/rszyma/abstouch-nux

[Vaisakhkm2625]

I found this but the repo appears to be gone https://osu.ppy.sh/community/forums/topics/1238167?n=1

Might want to see if they are interested in picking it back up.

EDIT: Aha found a fork!

https://github.com/rszyma/abstouch-nux

thanks... exactly what i needed... :( but don't work in wayland

:*) i searched for months and i didn't found... that's why i tried to create my own, which i didn't finished...

[TheKevinGDX]

Really something like this would be great since I'm an osu! player and buying a graphics tablet is something that is out of my reach.

[Vaisakhkm2625]

Really something like this would be great since I'm an osu! player and buying a graphics tablet is something that is out of my reach.

if you wanted to just use something like phone or tab as touch input for desktop, try xpra - https://xpra.org/index.html , https://github.com/Xpra-org/xpra

[parkerlreed]

Really something like this would be great since I'm an osu! player and buying a graphics tablet is something that is out of my reach.

if you wanted to just use something like phone or tab as touch input for desktop, try xpra - https://xpra.org/index.html , https://github.com/Xpra-org/xpra

Or Sunshine and Moonlight. The recent updates have direct touch emulation. (Albeit I dont think the implementation is very performant on response (Just touch, A/V is fantastic))