From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Subject: Re: [9fans] p9 mice From: Dave Lukes To: 9fans <9fans@cse.psu.edu> In-Reply-To: <200404141606.i3EG6egN011394@melkinkari.cs.helsinki.fi> References: <200404141606.i3EG6egN011394@melkinkari.cs.helsinki.fi> Content-Type: text/plain Message-Id: <1081960126.20600.460.camel@zevon> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Wed, 14 Apr 2004 17:28:46 +0100 Topicbox-Message-UUID: 5b10e4e8-eacd-11e9-9e20-41e7f4b1d025 > Still, the button setup sounds like it'd make chording in acme > painful. Is it feasible to learn it (1-2,2-1,1-3,2-3,...) well, > or are you just not using chording? I'm not using plan9 at all yet ... When I do, I'll either live with the buttons (effectively, button1 under thumb, button 2 under index finger, button3 under annular finger), or I'll remap them in s/w somehow. Also, note that, firstly, a trackball doesn't "twitch" like a mouse when you hit the buttons, which makes accurate pointing a little easier and secondly, although you tend not to notice so much with a mouse, the usual sequence is move button(s) press/release/hold move ... i.e. the pointer doesn't move during button ops, so all you do is reduce the pressure of your ball finger(s) when pressing buttons, which is a lot easier than keeping a mouse still. Cheers, Dave.