Mail Archives: djgpp/1997/10/02/20:46:20
At 03:01 10/2/1997 +0200, Jan Hubicka wrote:
>> Under bare Linux, no, I don't think so. All you get is the device /dev/mouse
>> which is symlinked to /dev/ttySn. This dumps all the mouse handling on
>> *you*: you have to understand mouse protocols, etc. You don't get any driver
>well, there is gpm, wich should do work for you.
Are you sure? I thought gpm only did cut-and-pasting, and didn't provide an
actual mouse interface. But maybe I'm wrong, it's happened before... :)
>> at all. One option, however is GRX: It has been ported to Linux, and I think
>> the mouse works there (haven't checked lately). Or you can use X, but that's
>> probably *way* too complicated.
>well, it is complicated but it is still useable :)
True. But then you can't run it on DOS anymore. :))
Nate Eldredge
eldredge AT ap DOT net
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