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From: Stefan_Rupp@ac2.maus.de (Stefan Rupp)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Drawing rubber-bands
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Date: 31 May 91 15:36:00 GMT
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Hello,

>It's easy enough to determine the start point by using the EventMulti
>loop to detect the mouse button's first click, but how does one keep
>track of the mouse cursor and draw to it AND know when the mouse button
>is clicked again?
>
>Is it necessary to drop out of the EventMulti loop and use lower-level
>facilities?

No! If you want to follow the path of your mouse-cursor, you may do a
event-multi call with parameter MU_M1 (Mouse-Event 1). Just set the width and
height of the rectangle to 1 pixel and if you move the mouse and the cursor
leaves the rectangle, you'll recieve a MU_M1-Event.

Ciao,
     struppi