From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Date: Thu, 11 Sep 1997 08:18:20 +0000 From: Bill Gunshannon bill@cs.uofs.edu Subject: [9fans] Arrow keys Topicbox-Message-UUID: 63542a84-eac8-11e9-9e20-41e7f4b1d025 Message-ID: <19970911081820.Or3z63b0D_VTLcIMTVWCWZ2ebEQmXGRqQA4sddayInU@z> 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 -- Bill Gunshannon | de-moc-ra-cy (di mok' ra see) n. Three wolves bill@cs.uofs.edu | and a sheep voting on what's for dinner. University of Scranton | Scranton, Pennsylvania | #include