On 07/05/2011 02:01 PM, DJ Delorie wrote: > > Is there a standard for how multi-axis trackballs (spaceballs) > interact with X? Are they common enough to "just work" now or is it > the usual proprietary-hardware-nightmare still? "They've gone.......plaid! Prepare for ludicrous speed!" (sorry, couldn't resist a Mel Brooks plug) > The common trackball seems to have the ball, some scrollwheel > replacement and a bunch of buttons. It would be nice to be able to > *rotate* the ball, or push it in various directions, etc. But only if > there's a sane mapping to X events. I've never seen a standard mapping for them. They are pretty open to interpretation so you may have a problem finding a consensus. I'd bring up xevent or whatever and push/pull/poke/twist, take note of what events it generates and do your own thing. Perhaps THAT would become the standard. We have to start somewhere, your idea may be the start of it. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- - Rick Stevens, Systems Engineer, C2 Hosting ricks@xxxxxxxx - - AIM/Skype: therps2 ICQ: 22643734 Yahoo: origrps2 - - - - grasshopotomaus: A creature that can leap to tremendous heights... - - ...once. - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
