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From: klode@empress.com (Claude Morin)
Subject: Re: DOOM for X
Message-ID: <CMtCxJ.K1H@empress.com>
Organization: Empress Software
References: <2lkpg5$8hn@Tut.MsState.Edu> <1994Mar10.123047.15912@swan.pyr> <hastyCMGpA7.Gu5@netcom.com> <2lrtvn$icf@daisy.cc.utexas.edu>
Date: Thu, 17 Mar 1994 14:44:07 GMT
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In article <2lrtvn$icf@daisy.cc.utexas.edu>,
David Taylor <ddt@daisy.cc.utexas.edu> wrote:
>keyboard input. I'm kinda wondering about the rudeness of yanking the
>mouse into the window for mouse control. Would rather not muck with
>it. Real men use keyboards only anyway.. (I'm an incurable vi loser).
While I too am a die-hard vi user, most people probably prefer the
mouse. Try making it user-configurable. Check out XBoing in
ftp://ftp.x.org/contrib/xboing2.0-tar.gz. Justin Kibell (the author)
has a "-nograb" option for users who want to retain control of their
mouse, but defaults to keeping the pointer within the window.
You should note that Sun's Aviator (version 1) didn't grab your pointer,
and you could die if you accidentally moved it outside the window.
I had this problem with XBoing, so I allow my pointer to be grabbed. If
I want my mouse back, I just iconify the window; I use 'twm' and have
bound f.iconify to <ALT><F2>.
Hope this helps,
Claude
P.S. I keep thinking I'm dreaming and will wake up...DOOM on my Linux
box...*grin*. I'm buying episodes 2 and 3; should I wait for the
Linux release or is it many months away?