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Subject: Re: moused conflicts with X11
To: dawes@rf900.physics.usyd.edu.au (David Dawes)
Date: Thu, 27 Jun 1996 08:24:15 +0200 (MET DST)
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In reply to David Dawes who wrote:
> 
> >However I dont see that the Xserver should be changed, as they will 
> >see /dev/mouse as a say mousesystems mouse, no matter what mouse 
> >actually is on the system. That would also ease the X installation
> 
> If it is done this way, how do you plan to deal with 2-button mice?
> Would 3-button emulation be included as an option, or would the X server
> still do that?  How would the 2 buttons be mapped?  What about a mouse
> that has more than three buttons (I don't know if the mousesytems protocol
> supports more than three or not).

Erhm, the mousesystems protocol was just an example, if another std. one
seems more suited, we'll take that one. As for 2 button mice, yes
moused supports 3-button emulation. 

> >for J. Randomuser. And besides I dont see the need for Yet Another
> >Mouse Interface (YAMI), when we can just use one of the de facto
> >standards. We also would have a BIG problem with commercial progs
> >that way, so lets not get that insane...
> 
> I agree with this.

That makes two....

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