Subject: Re: X and MacPoint Pro
To: None <dbushong@cory.EECS.Berkeley.EDU>
From: Masami and Ken Nakata <masami@fa2.so-net.or.jp>
List: port-mac68k
Date: 04/02/1997 09:37:00
On Tue, 1 Apr 1997 02:08:21 -0800,
David Bushong <dbushong@cory.EECS.Berkeley.EDU> wrote:
> Don't I wish it worked.  It doesn't.  It pretends to be an extra keyboard 
> and sends ordinary <- and -> for buttons 2 and 3 respectively (instead of
> option-arrows)  Try it in a text editor, lots of fun.  About the only saving
> grace is that if you just always hold down the option key while using the 
> mouse it'll work.  Get xev and play around with it and you'll see what I 
> mean.  If I knew how to fix it I would.

Sounds like it should be fairly easy to add support for this mouse,
doesn't it?  Provided that there's a way to determine the ADB address
for the "faked" keyboard, you can map the arrow key codes from the
"faked" keyboard to mouse buttons.

Cheers,

Ken