Mode Switching Coming For Graphics Tablets In Libinput 1.4

[phoronix]

Phoronix: Mode Switching Coming For Graphics Tablets In Libinput 1.4

Linux input expert Peter Hutterer at Red Hat has shared an upcoming feature of libinput 1.4: mode switching support for graphics tablet (e.g. Wacom tablets) for switching through different behavior depending upon button presses...

http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Libinput-1.4-Mode-Switch-Tablet

[rabcor]

What about other brands of tablets like yiynova and ugee and huion and all those?

These often get a little overlooked, but while the wacom drivers for linux are better than the windows ones in every way except simplicity/ui/ease of use...

The off-brand tablet drivers for linux are better than the windows ones in every way. It's one of our strengths, we should play on them.

(It basically works in our favor that they are community developed, not official drivers because all of these companies (including wacom) suck ass at driver development)

I'm using a yiynova mvp22u+ right now, but I've gotta use Evdev.