[Xevie] Handwriting recognition

[Jim Gettys]

On Thu, 2004-09-09 at 13:52, Deron Johnson wrote:
> Jim Gettys wrote:
> 
> > Also, we need to deal with things like handwriting recognition
> 
> What kind of requirements exist for handwriting recognition?
> How does it plug into the X server? Like some sort of sophisticated
> inptu device.

In the stroke recognition/handwriting recognition case, you really
would like to be able to stroke right on top of the screen
(rather than on an adjacent area, like the Palm).

We have a program xstroke which does this, but have not been
entirely satisified with the ability to get the
right events to the right place in different circumstances.

Fundamentally, the stroke/handwrighting recognizer needs to
be able to fully grab the input stream and decide in advance whether
to synthesize events going to the underlying window(s).

Right now, this isn't entirely satisfactory, and Carl Worth and
Phil Blundell have made a number of trials in the existing
framework, and nothing has quite flown.

BTW, you can find xstroke to play with at www.xstroke.org.
("apt-get install xstroke" on a Debian Linux system).
			- Jim