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Re: Setting cursor position and mouse speed.

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From: Chris Cooley
Date: Fri, 29 Jan 1988 19:35
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In article <338@metasoft.UUCP>, alan@metasoft.UUCP (Alan Epstein) writes:
> In article <7272@apple.UUCP>, dgold@apple.UUCP (David Goldsmith) writes:
> > Changing the mouse position directly is an operation we do not support.
> 
> we are aware that apple does not support move movements. the question is
> why not? i'm not ashamed to admit that we 'broke the rules' in
> implementing PutMouse(), because we expected the interface to
> support us in this. fortunately since the 512K it has NOT broken.

I don't wonder what would happen if Microsoft Corp. decided that they needed
a PutMouse().  I can see System 4.3 coming out REAL soon afterwards!

					Just poking fun,
					--chris



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From: jcc@ut-emx.UUCP (Chris Cooley)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Setting cursor position and mouse speed.
Message-ID: <667@ut-emx.UUCP>
Date: 29 Jan 88 19:35:56 GMT
References: <2532@auscso.UUCP> <7272@apple.UUCP> <338@metasoft.UUCP>
Organization: The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas
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