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- From: David.Empson@bbs.actrix.gen.nz
- Subject: Re: Patching the menu manager
- Organization: Actrix Information Exchange
- Date: Thu, 24 Dec 1992 23:27:38 GMT
- Message-ID: <1992Dec24.232738.11187@actrix.gen.nz>
- References: <BzGv1o.1zC@CAM.ORG>> <NAGENDRA.92Dec22140945@csa.bu.edu> <Bzozy1.Ixu@CAM.ORG>
- Sender: David.Empson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson)
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- In article <Bzozy1.Ixu@CAM.ORG> vandry@CAM.ORG (Phillip Vandry) writes:
- >
- > But, elaborating on your suggestion, I would need to know a few things first.
- > I read up on how the event manager treats custom pointing devices, and it is
- > indeed very well done.
- >
- > But I also noticed that, when using a custom pointing device, you never
- > actually tell the event manager "Okay, I'm using my custom routine now" and
- > "Okay, I'm disabling my deivce. Put the mouse back in".
- >
- > There must be a way so that the event manager knows when to abandon the mouse
- > in favor of the alternate device.... Unless they are both active at the same
- > time, which would be very chaotic.
-
- Nope, they both work at the same time. I've written an event manager
- custom pointing device driver for an EdMark TouchWindow, and I can
- either touch the touchwindow to move the cursor to a particular point,
- or use the mouse as normal.
-
- As far as I can tell, the event manager is completely unaware of your
- custom driver until you call FakeMouse. There is no mechanism to
- attach or remove your driver (you can just stop calling FakeMouse),
- and the so-called header seems to serve no purpose.
-
- > And do the mouse routines in the Misc Tool set automatically use whatever
- > custom pointing device the event manager is using? If not I'm not sure this
- > would work for custom menus.
-
- Hm, not sure about the misc toolset calls.
-
- > Finally, assuming I get this thing working, what do you think would
- > be the best way to handle conflicts (eg OA-S for Save and OA-S to
- > open "Special" menu). Use the option key instead? Control?
-
- Don't fiddle with the Open-apple key. The option key isn't a good
- idea either - it is normally used for special characters. Nor can you
- use both of them at once. Some programs (notably HyperCard IIgs) use
- Apple-Option combinations for several operations.
-
- I really can't see any unique key combination that won't interfere with
- something.
- --
- David Empson
-
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