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A (non-ink) pen used as an input device on either a graphics-tablet or touch-screen.

From Wikipedia:

A stylus is a writing utensil, or a small tool for some other form of marking or shaping, for example in pottery. It can also be a computer accessory that is used to assist in navigating or providing more precision when using touchscreens. It usually refers to a narrow elongated staff, similar to a modern ballpoint pen. Many styli are heavily curved to be held more easily. Another widely-used writing tool is the stylus used by blind users in conjunction with the slate for punching out the dots in Braille.

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Are there plans for handwriting recognition?

This is a big feature when it comes to putting Ubuntu onto tablets. Currently, Netbook edition works great for that purpose and the pen digitiser is perfect, but the handwriting would be a real dealmaker (especially for my business - we could…
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How do I configure a Wacom stylus on Ubuntu 17.04?

I just bought a Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Yoga, which has a Wacom touchscreen and stylus. They both work well-ish, but I want to remap buttons on the pen and the long press behavior. In previous Ubuntu releases you could just go to Wacom tablet in settings…
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Changes with xinput randomly revert back to default

I'm using Kubuntu 16.04 (xenial) on a laptop with an ELAN Touchscreen together with a DELL 750-AAHC active stylus. One of the buttons on the stylus behaves as a mouse middle-button, and I want it to be a right button instead. I can achieve this by…
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How do I correct this mismapped stylus button?

I'm running Kubuntu 15.10 on an HP Spectre x360, which has a non-Wacom active digitizer built into the display. I'm using a two-button stylus with this, but the second button doesn't work. I couldn't get xinput to show any state change when the…
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Microsoft Pen Protocol support

I'm running Ubuntu 19.10 on a Dell Inspiron 13 7000 2-in-1 Black Edition (7391). The laptop comes with a really nice stylus, the Dell PN350M Active Pen, which unfortunately does not work under my system at all. A little bit of digging around the web…
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Dell XPS 13 2-in-1 plus Active Pen PN579X

I have a Dell XPS 13 2-in-1 running under Ubuntu 20.04 The pen (PN579X) was working well but suddenly stopped. Could anyone advise on how I could fix the problem?
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Is there a software for writing anywhere on the system with a pen/stylus on the touchscreen?

I'd like to write on top of my PDFs used for making presentations on my laptop with touchscreen. I do not need to save what I write, but I would like to circle or underline things, possibly write some equations, etc. and then erase them and move…
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Using keyboard-shortcuts with convertible

I have a Lenovo L13 Yoga and Lenovo ThinkPad Pen Pro with Ubuntu 19.10 installed on it. I'd like to be able to use certain keyboard shortcuts while the notebook is folded down (especially shift + prt screen, to select an area with my stylus to…
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Dell active pen (PN556W) not pairing

I see the pen in the list of devices in the bluetooth settings, but I can't pair it. I'm running Ubuntu 20.04 on a Dell Latitude 3390. Thanks
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How do I get the stylus working on a Lenovo X220 Tablet?

I have just got a Lenovo X220 Tablet and I would like to have a dual boot with Ubuntu. I installed it successfully but after installing Inkscape and Xournal I realized that the stylus doesn't work (it seems that it is not recognized). Has anyone…
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Ubuntu for Tablet PC Artists?

Is there a Tablet PC version of Ubuntu for artists who draw with stylus in paint programs? Has anyone tried it on Asus B121, HP Slate or other "drawing tablets"? Please provide links to articles or forums that discuss Ubuntu for Penabled Tablets and…
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Thinkpad yoga x1 gen 2 freezes completely when stylus is used ubuntu 20.04.2

The moment the stylus gets near the screen the entire laptop freezes and becomes unresponsive (this just randomly started happening) I tried re-installing the driver, but it has not helped (I take all my notes on this laptop), I've been searching…
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xinput list "UNKNOWN"

I am trying to get the stylus working properly on a One Netbook One Mix 3s tiny laptop. This laptop is compatible with microsoft pens (I.e. it's using n-trig technology) but as far as I can tell the touchscreen is not actually made by Wacom. On…
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Stylus no longer working properly after upgrading from 18.10 to 19.04

The issue: Stylus depth is no longer being tracked in various applications, it appears to be handled as if it were a mouse. In gnome-shell it still works normally. I can moe the cursor, press down to simulate a left mouse click. Move windows, select…
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Pen input jumps across screen when using bamboo ink stylus

When using any application that accepts pen input via a bamboo ink stylus if the cursor is on one side of the screen and I bring the pen down to touch the screen, the cursor will behave as though I dragged a mouse from where the pointer was to where…
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