From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Message-Id: <3C723F79-9FE6-4A99-8CB0-F8CD94692F93@gmail.com> From: Gorka Guardiola To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Mime-Version: 1.0 (iPhone Mail 7E18) Date: Wed, 28 Apr 2010 18:57:34 +0200 References: <705098899b47849dbc607dd999b7028d@proxima.alt.za> <9931676A-1077-4F09-BDAA-9A9F5961926D@fastmail.fm> Subject: Re: [9fans] three sets of windows Topicbox-Message-UUID: 11043996-ead6-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 You can use keys as mouse buttons. I still prefer a separate mouse but sometimes it is not an option. - Curiosity sKilled the cat G. On Apr 28, 2010, at 5:47 PM, "Gary V. Vaughan" wrote: > On 28 Apr 2010, at 22:05, Ethan Grammatikidis wrote: >> On 28 Apr 2010, at 15:40, lucio@proxima.alt.za wrote: >>>> if you're feeling ambitions and want something more like your >>>> laptops track pad. >>> >>> Surely you jest? Something that repositions the cursor to an >>> uninteresting location in the middle of a document by simply >>> hovering >>> one's thumb in the vicinity of the space bar? Or am I just >>> particularly cursed with this? >> >> I expect it's a trackpad quality kind of thing. On the ancient >> iBook I have, in System Preferences there's a checkbox labelled >> "Prevent accidental trackpad input." I don't know quite what it >> does or how it does it, but it works very well for me. > > It did that simply by enforcing a minimum time (maybe around 1000ms) > from the last key press before interpreting any input from the > trackpad. I found it quite annoying since my trackpad felt like it > needed a sturdy poke to make it responsive again if I wanted to move > the cursor around while editing something. > > My MBP, and I believe all the newer Apple laptops, no longer offer > that option, but they work all the better for it. I don't know > quite how it works in this incarnation, but I neither move my cursor > accidentally nor feel like poking the trackpad until it comes back > to life nowadays :) Additionally the area is surprisingly large now > that no space is devoted to a button, and the whole trackpad can be > clicked. > > Sadly, when I upgraded Parallels my Plan9 VM stopped booting, and I > haven't bothered to try and get it going again since I mostly work > with my laptop balanced on my lap so a physical mouse is not at all > useful... and I haven't found a comfortable way of mousechording > with an all-in-one trackpad/button :( Surely I'm not the only one > that dislikes separate mice? > > Cheers, > -- > Gary V. Vaughan