Subject: Re: modifier keys
To: Rick Hawkins <rhawkins@iastate.edu>
From: Colin Wood <ender@is.rice.edu>
List: port-mac68k
Date: 04/26/1997 17:16:53
> > I don't suppose there's a way to intercept by which adb device a
> >key came from, is there?
>
> > Actually, there very well might be. What kind of mouse do you have?
>
> It's a kensington turbomouse 4.0, vintage 1991. Nice smooth, big,
> trackball, and needs a special driver under macos for the right key to
> be anything but annoying--tends to become a repeating right-arrow until
> you hit escape if you happen to brush it. Under bsd, it seems to
> generate a right arrow.
Hmmm...I'm kinda surprised that a Kensington trackball would work at all
(several others have been reported to cause trouble on boot ;-)
Anyway, if you get a chance, you can run it through a program called ADB
Parser (either that or ADB Prober), and it will tell you a whole bunch of
interesting stuff. There might be a mode where the mouse will send a mask
of button presses rather than emulating a keyboard...
Later.
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Colin Wood ender@is.rice.edu
Consultant Rice University
Information Technology Services Houston, TX