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The Ubuntu uTouch gesture framework includes several different components: The Ubuntu uTouch gesture framework includes several different components and is associated with various tools and projects:
 * kernel drivers (evdev, mtdev)
 * a display server (currently only X is supported; there are future plans for Wayland)
 * Grail - the gesture recognizer
 * GEIS - platform/distro agnostic API for gestures
 * Support in toolkits (Qt, GTK)
 * Support for legacy applications (Ginn)
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 * [[https://launchpad.net/canonical-multitouch/utouch-geis|libutouch-geis]] - ("Gesture Engine Interface and Support") which provides a consistent platform independent interface for any system-wide input gesture recognition mechanism for toolkits and applications
 * [[https://launchpad.net/canonical-multitouch/utouch-grail|libutouch-grail]] - ("Gesture Recognition And Instantiation Library") which handles the raw data processing and provides higher-level gesture abstractions for developers to consume * gesturetest - which helps show the streams of events and data, useful for debugging and planning		 See the "uTouch In-Depth" section below for more information on the projects various aspects (including current work). Architectural information is available there as well.
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We're also exploring gesture support in legacy applications with the assistance of this project:
 * [[https://launchpad.net/canonical-multitouch/ginn|ginn]] - ("Gesture Injector: No-GEIS, No-Toolkits") a deamon with jinn-like wish-granting capabilities: it gives applications the ability to support a subset of multi-touch gestures without having to integrate uTouch-GEIS or multi-touch GTK/Qt libs		 For the full list of projects related to uTouch, be sure to see the "Projects" section on this page:
 * https://launchpad.net/canonical-multitouch

The latest supported versions of our software is always available in our PPA:
 * https://launchpad.net/~utouch-team/+archive/utouch
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== Multitouch In-Depth == == uTouch In-Depth ==

Contents

  1. About
    1. The Wiki
    2. uTouch
    3. Joining the Community
  2. uTouch In-Depth
  3. Additional Background
    1. News and Social Media
    2. Definitions

About

The Wiki

This resource features information about multitouch support for Ubuntu, including:

  • drivers for a range of hardware
  • a gesture processing system which does the heavy lifting of gesture analysis
  • APIs for developers who want to build gestures into their apps
  • support for gesture-based window management in Unity

uTouch

The Ubuntu uTouch gesture framework includes several different components and is associated with various tools and projects:

  • kernel drivers (evdev, mtdev)
  • a display server (currently only X is supported; there are future plans for Wayland)
  • Grail - the gesture recognizer
  • GEIS - platform/distro agnostic API for gestures
  • Support in toolkits (Qt, GTK)
  • Support for legacy applications (Ginn)

See the "uTouch In-Depth" section below for more information on the projects various aspects (including current work). Architectural information is available there as well.

For the full list of projects related to uTouch, be sure to see the "Projects" section on this page:

The latest supported versions of our software is always available in our PPA:

Joining the Community

You can also subscribe to the Ubuntu Multitouch dev mailing list

For information on getting started with uTouch, see the links below to the "Hardware Support" and "Testing" multitouch wiki pages.

uTouch In-Depth

The main Multitouch page was getting quite long, so we've split content out into dedicated pages for easier reading and reference.

Additional Background

News and Social Media

If you want to contribute to/find the latest bookmarked and popular Ubuntu multi-touch information, please use the following tags:

  • utouch
  • multi-touch
  • multitouch
  • ubuntu
  • demo

Here are some feeds with such tags:

Definitions

  • Multitouch/Definitions - A glossary of terms we use when discussing uTouch technology, both at the user-experience and engineering levels

  • Multitouch - Wikipedia entry

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