After you have installed the Tablet PC packages and congured your digitizer correctly,
input with the pen (also called a stylus) can be used for the following actions and appli-
cations:
• Logging in to KDM or GDM
• Unlocking your screen on the KDE and GNOME desktops
• Actions that can also be triggered by other pointing devices (such as mouse or touch
pad), for example, moving the cursor on the screen, starting applications, closing,
resizing and moving windows, shifting window focus and dragging and dropping
objects
• Using gesture recognition in applications of the X Window System
• Drawing with GIMP
• Taking notes or sketching with applications like Jarnal or Xournal or editing larger
amounts of text with Dasher
33.1 Installing Tablet PC Packages
The packages needed for Tablet PCs are included in the TabletPC installation pat-
tern—if this is selected during installation, the following packages should already be
installed on your system:
•
cellwriter: a character-based hardwriting input panel
•
jarnal: a Java-based note taking application
•
xournal: an application for note taking and sketching
•
xstroke: a gesture recognition program for the X Window System
•
xvkbd: a virtual keyboard for the X Window System
•
x11-input-fujitsu: the X input module for Fujitsu P-Series tablets
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