Date: Fri, 23 Oct 1998 16:22:53 +1000 From: David Dawes <dawes@rf900.physics.usyd.edu.au> To: Luigi Rizzo <luigi@labinfo.iet.unipi.it> Cc: anthony.kimball@east.sun.com, nick.hibma@jrc.it, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: freebsd-hackers-digest V4 #284 Message-ID: <19981023162253.L20302@rf900.physics.usyd.edu.au> In-Reply-To: <199810230251.DAA13896@labinfo.iet.unipi.it>; from Luigi Rizzo on Fri, Oct 23, 1998 at 03:51:50AM %2B0100 References: <19981023130800.C20302@rf900.physics.usyd.edu.au> <199810230251.DAA13896@labinfo.iet.unipi.it>
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On Fri, Oct 23, 1998 at 03:51:50AM +0100, Luigi Rizzo wrote: >> >On the subject of multiple mice: >> > >> >I'd like to be able to grab objects with two mice and rotate them in >> >three dimensions. I can do this today with FBSD, but X doesn't support >> >two mice. >> >> The XInput extension allows more than one pointing device, but the >> application needs to be XInput-aware to make use of it. > >if i get it right, with the above you can _switch_ between multiple >devices with xselectpointer, but not have more than one active -- >something instead that you can achieve with moused, which has other >limitations. i have a mouse and a tablet (not supported by the moused >protocol because it works in absolute mode) and i'd really like to have >both active at the same time, so if that is possible, instructions >would be appreciated. xsetpointer selects which input device controls the core pointer. That is, the single pointer that is part of the core X11 protocol. I think that the "AlwaysCore" keyword can be used in an XInput device section to enable sharing of the core pointer between multiple devices. That should probably do what you want. Check the XF86Config(5) man page for a description. If you have any problems let me know and I'll pass them on to our XInput expert. The original poster's question was more about using multiple pointers (rather than multiple devices controlling a single pointer), and that requires XInput-aware applications. David To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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