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Article #938Re: Automatic mouse cursor movement
From: Eric Fielding
Date: Fri, 10 Jun 1988 19:27
Date: Fri, 10 Jun 1988 19:27
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In a recent article jimc@iscuva.ISCS.COM (Jim Cathey) wrote: >This is where having the input focus separate from where the mouse >pointer resides comes in handy. The Mac works this way -- you need to do >more than just move the mouse to change input focus (clicking is the >'blessed' way). I also like the way that the Mac does this. The DEC VAXstations running the VMS window manager called UIS (I think) does the same thing. You have to click the mouse on a window to change the input focus. The good thing about this is that you can then move the mouse out of the way. I hate having a mouse get between me and the text I am typing. ++Eric Fielding
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!uunet!lll-winken!lll-tis!helios.ee.lbl.gov!pasteur!agate!ig!uwmcsd1!bbn!rochester!cornell!batcomputer!eric From: eric@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu (Eric Fielding) Newsgroups: comp.windows.misc Subject: Re: Automatic mouse cursor movement Message-ID: <5111@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu> Date: 10 Jun 88 19:27:19 GMT Reply-To: fielding@geology.tn.cornell.edu Organization: Department of Geological Sciences, Cornell University Lines: 12