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Surface Pro stylus support?

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First post, by PearlChoco

Posted on 2014-05-26, 20:45

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I'm considering buying a new tablet, but I'm still not decided which one. dosbox compatibility might be the deciding factor.
Does dosbox support the MS Surface Pro 2 stylus? I know the samsung S-pen can be used as a mouse, but i haven't read anything about the Surface.

Thanks!

Reply 1 of 5, by Dominus

Posted on 2014-05-26, 21:04

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Dosbox has problems with tablets since it uses SDL 1.2x which is bad with tablets and similar inputs.
There is an experimental port to SDL 2 which should/might be better but I can't test.

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Reply 2 of 5, by PearlChoco

Posted on 2014-05-27, 08:42

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Ok, so I can better stick to Samsung tablets.
Thanks.

Reply 3 of 5, by Dominus

Posted on 2014-05-27, 09:33

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Don't expect any good playing on any tablet unless you attach a real mouse.

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Reply 4 of 5, by PearlChoco

Posted on 2014-05-27, 10:00

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I've been playing some ScummVM games on my Galaxy Note II with the S-Pen, and that works really flawlessly; equally as good as with a mouse!

Reply 5 of 5, by Dominus

Posted on 2014-05-27, 10:03

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Yeah, kind of not the same thing but it might be ok...
I'm just giving you a warning that it might not work as expected...

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