I’ve added a new Quark to SuperCollider Quarks repository that allows you to access the multitouch data from supported MacBook (and MacBook Pro) touchpads. It needs the tongsengmod application I’ve forked from the tongseng project, but once tongsengmod is installed, integration is seamless. The details can be found in the help file. Here is a rudimentary example (the example code for this can also be found in the help file):
I’ve only tested this under Leopard 10.5.8 with a (late 2008) unibody MacBook Pro. Your mileage may vary under Snow Leopard and older MacBooks (I’m pretty sure that the latest MacBooks before the unibody models are also capable of using this), so please let me know if you encounter any problems, or get it to run on other systems.
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Hey Batu,
Just tried out the quark with my early 2008, non-unibody macbook pro (which is actually the first mbp model with multitouch).
Works like a charm.
Does it work with the new Magic Mouse?
Eric, I don’t have one so I don’t really know. But I suspect it uses the same MultiTouch framework that Apple provides (and my system uses) so it should work with little modifications at worst. Though I’m speculating here and this might not be the case at all.
I’d appreciate it if you have one, can test and report back.
I downloaded the tongsengmod but i’m not quite sure how to get it installed. I don’t know much about programming, do i have to alter the code?
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