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Tue, 22 Mar 2022 16:20:15 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 2002:a05:7300:466:b0:58:3729:33a1 with HTTP; Tue, 22 Mar 2022 16:20:15 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: <021ae931-7636-4ff6-a28c-18feb489c640@www.fastmail.com> From: hiro <23hiro@gmail.com> Date: Wed, 23 Mar 2022 00:20:15 +0100 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [9fans] acme and sam - mouse suggestions? To: 9fans <9fans@9fans.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Topicbox-Policy-Reasoning: allow: sender is a member Topicbox-Message-UUID: a5b4f9dc-aa36-11ec-afa5-b6b92619e772 Archived-At: =?UTF-8?B?PGh0dHBzOi8vOWZhbnMudG9waWNib3guY29tL2dyb3Vwcy85?= =?UTF-8?B?ZmFucy9UNDlmM2NjZWVhNzBkMmI2MS1NMDJjZmFlM2JkMTI1YTdiZjBiN2U2?= =?UTF-8?B?MDYwPg==?= List-Help: List-Id: "9fans" <9fans.9fans.net> List-Post: List-Software: Topicbox v0 List-Subscribe: Precedence: list Reply-To: 9fans <9fans@9fans.net> Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable List-Unsubscribe: , Topicbox-Delivery-ID: 2:9fans:437d30aa-c441-11e9-8a57-d036212d11b0:522be890-2105-11eb-b15e-8d699134e1fa:M02cfae3bd125a7bf0b7e6060:1:qlC9LUHV14G6UXWu748HUXXI-KbJyBSJo30-OMxD3qM a trackpoint is a 2-handed chording device. clearly it's limited, but still better than any touchpad (when you are constrained to a laptop on the go) On 3/23/22, Stuart Morrow wrote: > On 01/02/2022, Ben Hancock wrote: >> as well but have yet to become adept at the trackpoint. Do you find >> you're able to sweep lines as easily using it in acme as with a physical >> mouse? >=20 > A trackpoint isn't a real three-button mouse by Acme's standards. "A > real three-button mouse" is something that supports one-to-one > finger-to-button. A trackpoint is a two-button mouse with an > additional scroll button. It's designed for Windows and OS/2. >=20 > IBM-pattern mice (as in scrollpoint and original ThinkCentre) work for > me. The side walls are slightly off from vertical, for dovetailing* > into the thumb and outside finger. (Not relevant, but I've never seen > it commented on.) I haven't tried anything else. >=20 > Plus, trackpoint users will often accidentally type 'u', which on Plan > 9 means you lose what's in your snarf buffer. >=20 > For convenience, direct link to a picture of a "dovetail" joint: > https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Finished_doveta= il.jpg/1920px-Finished_dovetail.jpg > (since it seems these are named after a different animal in every > single language) ------------------------------------------ 9fans: 9fans Permalink: https://9fans.topicbox.com/groups/9fans/T49f3cceea70d2b61-M02cfa= e3bd125a7bf0b7e6060 Delivery options: https://9fans.topicbox.com/groups/9fans/subscription