No replies, Maybe a MS SurfacePro user will eventually read the post, & come up with solutions.
These days I use linux and dabble with Windows and the problem must stem from the origins of Gimp, originally unix now developed in linux. Linux has long supported Wacom tablets, code is even embedded in the core (the kernel) for this. Any other tablet and you risk functionality.
Gimp comming from linux is ported over to Windows, unlike other native Windows graphic applications. Even a Wacom can have problems, anything else is taking a risk that it will not work as expected. With a SurfacePro, Win10, and a SurfacePen you are firmly in the hands of Microsoft. It is not in their interest to develop support for free applications such as Gimp, no money in it.
From your description, it works as a mouse. There are reports that Wacom drivers, if they install, add functionallity to the Surface pro. Mainly for their buddies at Adobe
See this old report: http://www.zdnet.com/article/microsoft-m...-pro-soon/
You could follow that up, see if there is a wacom driver and hope that it connects with Gimp.
edit: something like this? https://www.windowscentral.com/photoshop...experience
These days I use linux and dabble with Windows and the problem must stem from the origins of Gimp, originally unix now developed in linux. Linux has long supported Wacom tablets, code is even embedded in the core (the kernel) for this. Any other tablet and you risk functionality.
Gimp comming from linux is ported over to Windows, unlike other native Windows graphic applications. Even a Wacom can have problems, anything else is taking a risk that it will not work as expected. With a SurfacePro, Win10, and a SurfacePen you are firmly in the hands of Microsoft. It is not in their interest to develop support for free applications such as Gimp, no money in it.
From your description, it works as a mouse. There are reports that Wacom drivers, if they install, add functionallity to the Surface pro. Mainly for their buddies at Adobe
See this old report: http://www.zdnet.com/article/microsoft-m...-pro-soon/
You could follow that up, see if there is a wacom driver and hope that it connects with Gimp.
edit: something like this? https://www.windowscentral.com/photoshop...experience