I've just bought an Intuos5 tablet and going to use it for some map digitizing under Ubuntu Linux 12.04 and 13.04. Map digitizing is quite different than sketching - I need to position the cursor exactly then to click, preferably with the other hand, avoiding accidental moving during the "click". That is why I would like to disable the left mouse click when the pen touches the tablet and use some "ExpressKeys" on the left instead.
Under Windows I can configure everything as I like - s. the screenshots: ,
Under Ubuntu Linux there are much less options in the GUI configuration applet - it is not possible to map a pad button to a mouse button - only to a keystroke.
Next option I've tried is xsetwacom. Disabling a click was easy - just setting the Threshold for the pen to the highest 2048 value. Continuing with the button mapping...
xsetwacom is thoroughly documented and seems to offer my desired function. Wiki http://sourceforge.net/apps/mediawiki/linuxwacom/index.php?title=Tablet_Configuration#Pad contains a suitable example
xsetwacom set "Wacom BambooFun 2FG 4x5 Finger pad" Button 1 1
xsetwacom set "Wacom BambooFun 2FG 4x5 Finger pad" Button 2 2
xsetwacom set "Wacom BambooFun 2FG 4x5 Finger pad" Button 3 3
xsetwacom set "Wacom BambooFun 2FG 4x5 Finger pad" Button 4 4
Tried to adapt it for my intuos - did not work:
xsetwacom set 'Wacom Intuos5 touch L Pen pad' Button 2 2
xsetwacom set 'Wacom Intuos5 touch L Pen pad' Button 3 3
So my questions:
Does mapping ExpressKeys to "mouse" buttons work for anybody under Linux? With Intuos5? With other Intuos models? With a newer Bamboo? Could somebody just try the above xsetwacom commands on his tablet and tell if he can now click with ExpressKeys?