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- From: pdh@netcom.com (Phil Howard )
- Subject: programming in a mouse interface
- Message-ID: <1992Dec31.062053.2414@netcom.com>
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- Date: Thu, 31 Dec 1992 06:20:53 GMT
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- For some programs I have written, people are asking for a mouse interface,
- and I would like to have that, too.
-
- What is the typical way this kind of thing is done? Do programs actually
- trap the serial signals sent by the mouse itself, or do they depend on the
- int 33h functions?
-
- I notice the int 33h functions mostly deal with a row and column, and I
- assume this refers to the existing video mode. Can the mouse drivers
- handle all the video modes at least through to 1280x1024 in terms of
- knowing correctly the number of columns and rows? Or do you HAVE to use
- functions 7 and 8 to tell the driver?
-
- Are there any already written mouse interfaces for C program? I would need
- to have the kind that do not wait for events (since input can come from the
- mouse or the keyboard or other places in unpredictable order). Something
- that just interfaces to the int 33h functions might be sufficient if I can
- get all the questions answered (here or by experimentation, etc).
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