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Article #2017Re: A few questions
From: Steve Tynor
Date: Thu, 25 Sep 1986 13:14
Date: Thu, 25 Sep 1986 13:14
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>>- Nothing I've seen except NeoChrome (which throws away the user interface
>>standard altogether) uses the right mouse button. The documentation doesn't
>>talk about it. In fact, I don't think GEM supports it. Good thing it's
>>there, huh?
>
> Is this a serious comment? I'll assume so and treat it as such.
> First off, there *is* a use for it that you can demonstrate for yourself,
>in the privacy of your own home. First, open two windows. Now, hold down
>the right mouse button. OK, double-click (left) on a file in the *non*-active
>window. Whaddya know! A use for the right mouse button! Even ignoring
>that small but useful use, do you think there's a possibility that A) people
>may want to use it in their own applications, and B) there just may be some
>things in life that you haven't yet encountered? Good thing it's there, huh?
>It's sorta like the cigarette lighter and ashtray in my car; I sure as hell
>won't use 'em, but I'm sure there are a few people who would, and I'm not
>going to complain to the dealer that they're there.
The fact is that the AES event library calls do *not* allow you to wait for
a right mouse button event. In order to use the right mouse button, you
must poll the mouse. Methinks the gentleman has a valid gripe.
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Georgia Instutute of Technology
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