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Subject: Re: Default mousepointer position
To: gibbs@freefall.freebsd.org (Justin T. Gibbs)
Date: Mon, 23 Sep 1996 09:16:09 +0200 (MET DST)
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In-Reply-To: <199609221629.JAA09497@freefall.freebsd.org> from "Justin T. Gibbs" at Sep 22, 96 09:29:56 am
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In reply to Justin T. Gibbs who wrote:
> 
> >I use it rare on some screens for cut & paste and never use
> >it on another screens. If you interested in my personal approx
> >statistics: for 4 hours of work I use mouse 5 times on 3 screens
> >(from 12). Since it is hard to guess moment when mouse will be
> >needed, and it can happens even inside program, I turn mouse
> >on in my .login.
> 
> How about having the pointer go away after a 30 second timeout?  As
> soon as you move the mouse, it comes back?  Word uses this trick
> so that the mouse is never in your way while you type.

Splendid idea, thats the way I want to do it !

> >Middlescreen is not good, because cover some character too.
> >I choose last position because it is almost impossible (without
> >special IC/DC trick) put the characer there due to line wrapping,
> >so it stays empty most of time.
> 
> It would probably be the best place if you added the timeout.  That
> way, it could be enabled by default and new users would know that there
> is a mouse pointer to be used.

Exactly..

> BTW, using the mouse in syscons still shakes my screen every once in
> a while (#9GXE L12).

Hmm, there might be hope for this one, as I just found an old VLbus
MB, so I can use my old and trusty #9GXE/VL...

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