From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Date: Thu, 7 Sep 2006 13:09:49 +0300 From: Harri Haataja Subject: Re: [9fans] My mouse did it again In-reply-to: To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@cse.psu.edu> Message-id: <20060907100949.GH4849@XTL.antioffline.net> MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Content-disposition: inline References: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.13 (2006-08-11) Topicbox-Message-UUID: b0711b52-ead1-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 On Wed, Aug 16, 2006 at 07:11:39PM +0200, Sascha Retzki wrote: > > Also if you can get to a prompt, typing > > > > echo reset >/dev/mousectl > > > > often fixes the problem. Getting to a prompt can > > be difficult with a mouse that's moving randomly > > around the screen, of course. > > Btw, I am so tempted to recommend making F1 create a new window, 25% x > 25% of the screen size huge, with rc, in the foreground ;) Of course tiling window managers are easy to control using just a keyboard and no pointer action. Noticeably, ion scratchpad will pop up (and hide) with one keypress and completely ignore the mouse pointer's movements. Unless it's sending clicks, in which case you may need to script a bit. ;) -- ...I've discovered the one thing worse than people who open attachments from people they don't know. People who delete files when instructed by people they don't know. -- Michael