From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <7edce126be51fe9967f089a0df79aed9@9srv.net> References: <7edce126be51fe9967f089a0df79aed9@9srv.net> From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Rub=E9n_Berenguel?= Date: Sun, 7 Apr 2013 00:40:56 +0200 Message-ID: To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net> Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=047d7bdc1c3ad60b2004d9b8e6c4 Subject: Re: [9fans] The 2-1 chord in P9Ports Acme (Mac OS) Topicbox-Message-UUID: 3ee212aa-ead8-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 --047d7bdc1c3ad60b2004d9b8e6c4 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Oh I wasn't meaning Apple forbids 3-button mice, but just a side remark at the fact that they only create one-buttoned things. I do have a 3-button mouse I plug occasionally to my Mac, but most often than not I forget it at home (or I'm too lazy to pick it up) and having this keyboard fallback is neat: so far I have used 2-1 VERY sparingly because of it. There's also a patch lying in the internet (or the group archives) using trackpad gestures to get this. I think having gestures is a good way to go in this particular case, but since my Mac is old I don't have multitouch by default (I have a Magic Trackpad for that.) I think I will add that patch and check how good gestures feel for the chording in Acme. I'm not sure how/what could be used as gestures in a "Plan9 world" but this is probably because I don't use Plan9 enough... I do use Acme daily for my unorganized writing and occasional go tinkering (still not far from being a "hello world" go programmer,) emacs for the rest of the writing. What do you think would fit the model (inside Acme, I mean)? Thanks, Ruben On Sun, Apr 7, 2013 at 12:24 AM, wrote: > Apple has no such "odd stance" against multi-button mice. > Buy one and plug it in. It's worked just fine at least since OS X > came out. The chording will be vastly more comfortable that > way. The keyboard mapping (even with your patch, which > does seem to be an improvement) is intended as a fallback. > > It would be interesting to see more experiments using these > devices multitouch capabilities in the context of the plan 9 > graphics model. > > Anthony > > > --047d7bdc1c3ad60b2004d9b8e6c4 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Oh I wasn't meaning Apple forbids 3-button mice, but j= ust a side remark at the fact that they only create one-buttoned things. I = do have a 3-button mouse I plug occasionally to my Mac, but most often than= not I forget it at home (or I'm too lazy to pick it up) and having thi= s keyboard fallback is neat: so far I have used 2-1 VERY sparingly because = of it.

There's also a patch lying in the internet (or the= group archives) using trackpad gestures to get this. I think having gestur= es is a good way to go in this particular case, but since my Mac is old I d= on't have multitouch by default (I have a Magic Trackpad for that.) I t= hink I will add that patch and check how good gestures feel for the chordin= g in Acme.

I'm not sure how/what could be used as = gestures in a "Plan9 world" but this is probably because I don= 9;t use Plan9 enough... I do use Acme daily for my unorganized writing and = occasional go tinkering (still not far from being a "hello world"= go programmer,) emacs for the rest of the writing. What do you think would= fit the model (inside Acme, I mean)?

Thanks,

Ruben


On Sun, Apr 7, 2013 at 12:24 AM, <a@9srv.net> wrote:
Apple has no such "odd stance" aga= inst multi-button mice.
Buy one and plug it in. It's worked just fine at least since OS X
came out. The chording will be vastly more comfortable that
way. The keyboard mapping (even with your patch, which
does seem to be an improvement) is intended as a fallback.

It would be interesting to see more experiments using these
devices multitouch capabilities in the context of the plan 9
graphics model.

Anthony



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