Neil Zanella wrote:
> Well, I think it's time for a hack that does the following:
>
> Pressing a key freezes the pointer. While the key is depressed you can
> move the mouse freely and the pointer won't move. When you release the
> key the mouse regains power over the pointer. That way you don't have to
> lift the mouse off the mousepad to regain control.
I don't think the window manager is the place to do this. The window
manager would have to keep warping the pointer back everytime it moved
in this mode. The X server is the place to do it.
> Things get even worse when dust gets on the wheels of the sphere beneath
> the mouse and the pointer starts moving bizzarely.
> It't time for a new hack.
It's time for a Cirque Glidepoint(tm) or a retinal tracking system.
Cheers,
Tim.
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Received on Mon Dec 21 1998 - 09:58:15 GMT