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Date:      Thu, 10 Apr 1997 13:12:18 +0900
From:      Kazutaka YOKOTA <yokota@zodiac.mech.utsunomiya-u.ac.jp>
To:        "Louis A. Mamakos" <louie@transsys.com>
Cc:        freebsd-current@freefall.freebsd.org, yokota@zodiac.mech.utsunomiya-u.ac.jp
Subject:   Re: moused enhancement (was: Re: make world) 
Message-ID:  <199704100412.NAA08728@zodiac.mech.utsunomiya-u.ac.jp>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 09 Apr 1997 23:33:57 -0400." <199704100333.XAA21958@whizzo.transsys.com> 
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>> IMHO, more complete support for GlidePoint is necessary for both
>> `moused' and XFree86. One solution on `moused's side may be to
>> incorporate serial GlidePoint support code from XFree86 into `moused'. 
>> What do you think?
>
>Alternatively, we ought to recommend that moused *always* be used as a
>default configuration, and leave one less XF86Config option to worry about.
>In that way, you'll get the syscons support along for free.
>
>I claim that having the XFree86 behaviour of a 4th mouse button
>doesn't actually help most users.  They just want the pointing device
>to do the right thing.  I suppose (eeek!) an option could be added to
>configure what the tap gesture should do.

I agree that regarding `tap' as the fourth button action is stupid.
But, I still think the serial GlidePoint should be supported too if
the PS/2 GlidePoint is to be supported and if we are to make `moused'
standard. Otherwise, `moused' is good only for the PS/2 GlidePoint
owners, and useless for the serial GlidePoint owners...

How about importing the serial GlidePoint I/O code from XFree86, but
make `tap' a left button down action rather than the fourth button?

Kazu



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