Re: gnome-control-center/panels/wacom - button mapping panel

["Przemo Firszt" <przemo firszt eu>]

Dnia 2 Maja 2013, 16:01, Cz, Joaquim Rocha napisał(a):
> Hi Przemo,
Hi Joaquim,

> On Sun, Apr 28, 2013 at 5:33 PM, Przemo Firszt <przemo firszt eu> wrote:
> > I hope to do some work on wacom tablet button mapping in gnome control
> > center. First mockup of new individual button mapping panel:
> > http://firszt.eu/wacom-icons/mockup_of_wacom__button_mapping_panel.png
> >
> > Roadmap:
> > 1. Change existing panel to simple button list + add a new panel
> > activated after clicking on a button (mockup)
>
> I tend to dislike vertical tabs but I can see how having a dedicated
> panel per button is useful if we want to show that many options.

I'm trying something different now - tablet layout + click on button
triggers single button mapping window.

> > 2. First version would include only existing or already coded features -
> > single keystroke, on screen help, monitor switch, OLED labels matching
> > mapping. The last one is waiting for review on bugzilla.
>
> I understand that the label/icon's only purpose would be to show up
> the on screen help, is that right?
No, it's mainly for OLED screens.

> > 3. Add option to edit label i.e. to show "Save" instead of "Ctrl-S" on
> > tablet
> > 4. Add option to select an icon instead of label.
>
> I can see how having a label might be good (especially if we had those
> keystrokes sequences), not so much for the icons though.

I.e. Pen icon instead of "P" for gimp, "window + arrow" icon instead of
Alt+Tab and so on.

> > 5. Implement keystroke sequences.
>
> I can also see how this might be useful for some users but I am sure
> the design folks aren't going to like it as it might be too
> complicated for other users. Perhaps choosing a file/script to be run
> could replace the necessity of implementing the keystroke sequences
> ourselves but I'm sure the design team will find it equally funny.
> Maybe all these and other "advanced" features should belong in a 3rd
> party app for power users, outside of g-c-c.

That's far away from my current coding experience, but the feature is an
absolute life saver in my everyday work (windows unfortunately)

> BTW, do you know we're thinking of implementing per-app bindings? I'm
> waiting on the design team to tell me how advanced it should/could be
> so I implement it:
> https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=670907

I wasn't aware of that, but I saw something similar in wacom settings
mockups.

Thanks,
Przemo Firszt