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A GUI utility for configuring buttons on graphics tablets and styli

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A GUI utility for configuring buttons on graphics tablets and styli, using the xsetwacom utility.

Installation

Before installing PySetWacom ensure you have installed the following:

  • xsetwacom. This may be installed by default.

  • PyGObject. See https://pygobject.readthedocs.io/en/latest/ for more information and installation instructions.

    On Ubuntu you may need to install libgirepository1.0-dev, libcairo2-dev and python3-gi.

  • wxPython (version 4.0.7 or greater). See https://wxpython.org/pages/downloads/ for more information and installation instructions.

    On Ubuntu you may also need to install libsdl2-2.0.0.

Depending on your tablet model you may need to install DIGImend. See https://digimend.github.io/ for further information, a list of supported devices, and installation instructions.

PySetWacom can be installed from PyPI.

To install with pip:

$ python -m pip install PySetWacom

Brief Tutorial

PySetWacom can be run from the terminal with the command

$ PySetWacom

or by selecting its icon from your application menu.

AppIndicator

Once started, you should see an AppIndicator icon appear that looks like this:

images/AppIndicator.png

You can click this icon to show the Editor window, switch profiles, or quit PySetWacom.

images/AppIndicatorMenu.png

Editor

In the Editor window, you can change profiles and edit the mappings for the different buttons on your tablet.

images/Editor.png

Double clicking on a button opens the Edit Mapping dialog, where you can type in the mapping or capture it from your keyboard.

images/Edit_Mapping.png

If there are devices in the list that you don’t want to configure, or if there is a new device you want to add, you can click the Manage Devices button in the Editor window.

images/Manage_Devices.png

Further Reading

https://github.com/linuxwacom/xf86-input-wacom/wiki/Tablet-Configuration-1:-xsetwacom-and-xorg.conf https://github.com/linuxwacom/xf86-input-wacom/wiki/xsetwacom https://www.x.org/releases/current/doc/man/man4/mousedrv.4.xhtml https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Wacom_tablet

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