Re: Activate Scroll Key - More on mice/clicks/scrolls...

[Ric Klaren <ia_ric cs utwente nl>]

On Thu, Aug 20, 1998 at 04:42:03PM -0400, Tim Moore wrote:
> modes, but more general. It would be X-wide, not just GNOME-wide -- at
> least for the the buttons which non-GNOME apps would understand (1 through
> 3 for sure, sometimes 4 & 5 for wheeled mouse support).

If we make it X wide we would have to patch X (more structural but not
easier....) and then would leave the scope from GNOME. Within gtk (I think)
we can reassign buttons (and can make it a compliancy level for non gtk
GNOME apps).

> Of course, I'm assuming that X allows for this sort of thing. Perhaps
> someone with more knowledge can interject.

It's primarily a matter of how applications interpret mouse button events.
Not how X supplies them. (I'm no X guru so if I'm wrong correct me..) Thus
the change would have to be in the application (or widget set).

> I would consider games of this sort to be totally separate and unrelated
> to GNOME. The mouse controls for games should be configured independently
> within each game.

Was just an example :)... but on the point of picture viewers zoom under a
wheel could be cool. A bit depending on the game imho... If GNOME supports
such a standard way/API for customizing the mouse why wouldn't a game
programmer use it? (was thinking along the lines of the gnome games btw...)
Is it not inconsistent if a gui standard would require games complying to
the gui standard to do something different as the other apps? (correct me
if I misunderstood :) )

Ric
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