From: Bill Gunshannon bill@cs.uofs.edu
Subject: [9fans] Arrow keys
Date: Thu, 11 Sep 1997 08:18:20 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <19970911081820.Or3z63b0D_VTLcIMTVWCWZ2ebEQmXGRqQA4sddayInU@z> (raw)
In article <199709101828.UAA00724@foible.proxima.alt.za>, lucio@proxima.alt.ZA (Lucio de Re) writes:
|> > Turning the mouse off during quiet times is an old idea.
|> > One design is to turn it off when a key is struck, and turn
|> > it on again when the mouse is touched.
|> >
|> At the risk of sounding even sillier than usual, why is this not done
|> anywhere?
It is. Linux outside of the X interface does this precisely.
I guess they did get at least one thing right.
bill
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1997-09-11 8:18 Bill [this message]
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1997-09-12 15:19 [9fans] arrow keys Roger
1997-09-11 3:29 Chris
1997-09-10 22:13 geoff
1997-09-10 21:26 Mike
1997-09-10 21:10 jmk
1997-09-10 20:41 David
1997-09-10 18:28 [9fans] Arrow keys Lucio
1997-09-10 18:09 Lucio
1997-09-10 18:09 rob
1997-09-10 17:56 [9fans] arrow keys forsyth
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