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On Tue, 2007-05-22 at 22:29 +0200, Timo Boettcher wrote: |
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> If I understand correctly, the touchscreen is (if used correctly) just |
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> another way to control the mouse pointer. Is that right? |
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yes. when you touch, the mouse moves to, and clicks at that location. |
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You usually have an option to use right clicks. Depending on the |
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driver, dragging and other more complicated mouse features may be a bit |
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more tricky. Similar to using a touchpad. |
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Some newer tablet PC's (ie. Toshiba, not sure about others) actually |
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have a special pen which moves the mouse without touching the screen - |
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you just hover over the screen and the mouse moves, then touch to get a |
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click. |
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> Do I have to use X to use the touchscreen, or can I use it with gpm or |
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> SDL? |
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nope, AFAIR it will work like any mouse. There's not much you can do |
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without X though is there? Unless you have a keyboard, and then why not |
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have a mouse as well? |
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HTH, |
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Iain Buchanan <iaindb at netspace dot net dot au> |
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People that can't find something to live for always seem to find something to |
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die for. The problem is, they usually want the rest of us to die for it too. |
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