Subject: RE: NEC MobilePro 780 Touchscreen/stylus mouse button equivalents?
To: None <port-hpcmips@netbsd.org>
From: Tim Underwood <TimU@hightouchinc.com>
List: port-hpcmips
Date: 08/02/2004 07:48:08
Does anyone know if there's been a port of Mozilla Firefox yet? Not
that it's more useable for an HVGA screen, but it's more modern and
supports protocols the others don't.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: port-hpcmips-owner@NetBSD.org=20
> [mailto:port-hpcmips-owner@NetBSD.org] On Behalf Of R O'Connor
> Sent: Sunday, August 01, 2004 6:12 PM
> To: hpcmips
> Cc: Jimi Malcolm
> Subject: Re: NEC MobilePro 780 Touchscreen/stylus mouse=20
> button equivalents?
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> I give up - it sort of worked for a while, but not at all now.
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> Since there are no really usable browsers for this size=20
> screen anyway (tried Dillo, Chimera, mMosaic), compared to=20
> elinks, or other graphical productivity apps comparable to=20
> the built-in WinCE ones, I might as well just back out X, and=20
> use it with screen (or is there some way to have multiple=20
> text consoles as with the 386 version and Linux?) for=20
> occasions that might "mesh" with its network capabilities. =20
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> Rory
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> Rory O'Connor wrote:
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> > This is the clue I needed - the Windows key (Alt, Ctrl, and Fn do=20
> > other unrelated actions) +2 or +3 work (not certain if 2 and 3 work=20
> > exactly the same - have not tried too much yet), but there=20
> is an odd=20
> > behavior with that action. As soon as I let go of either key, the=20
> > screen turns off until I touch it, or press a key (only=20
> really tried=20
> > shift since that usually has no effect on the command line). But=20
> > after that, I see the highlighted text in the new location - cool! =20
> > The Windows key + 4 seems to scroll back, but I'm not=20
> certain since I=20
> > did not have a lot of previous lines in the window I tried that in.
> >
> > Quirky, but a big improvement. Does the window manager make any=20
> > difference? This works with both twm and fluxbox. I intend to try=20
> > some others out to see how they compare. Is there no=20
> general FAQ for=20
> > using X with a touchscreen?
> >
> > Thanks, Jimi (and Tim, for your suggestions, although they=20
> had other=20
> > results ;-).
> >
> > Rory
> >
> > Jimi Malcolm wrote:
> >
> >> I don't have X installed anymore, but I think I used to=20
> hold down Alt or
> >> the Windows key and touch the screen. I think I used to=20
> be able to hold
> >> Alt+2 or Alt+3 and then click. Try some of those combinations.
> >>
> >> Rory O'Connor (Thu@09h16)
> >>
> >>
> >>> How does one emulate mouse buttons 2 and 3 with a stylus
> >>> on a touch screen (NEC Mobile Pro 780 in my case) under fluxbox,=20
> >>> blackbox, twm, or other window managers? I can mark stuff easily=20
> >>> enough, but have not found any way to copy/cut and/or paste it -=20
> >>> kinda spoils the "joy of X" ;-}
> >>>
> >>> Carl Soderstrom suggested the possibility of=20
> shift-insert, but there=20
> >>> is no 'insert" key on the MP 780 keyboard. I tried about=20
> all other=20
> >>> combos with shift I could think of, but no luck. It=20
> would seem that=20
> >>> the otherwise useless WinCE app keys on the top row would=20
> be prime=20
> >>> candidates for this sort of thing.
> >>>
> >>> TIA,
> >>> Rory O'Connor
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >
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