Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!tektronix!tekgen!tekred!joels
From: joels@tekred.TEK.COM (Joel Swank)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: DMouse -R option (was Re: Finishing up YAIP...)
Message-ID: <2532@tekred.TEK.COM>
Date: 18 May 88 16:09:58 GMT
References: <8805170744.AA28410@cory.Berkeley.EDU>
Organization: Tektronix Inc., Beaverton, Or.
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In article <8805170744.AA28410@cory.Berkeley.EDU>, dillon@CORY.BERKELEY.EDU (Matt Dillon) writes:
> 
> : (I wrote)
> :This is related to another problem. Because Dmouse uses a single click to
> :bring a window forward, a window that is active must be the forwardmost
> :window. This is why I can't use Dmouse. I need to be able to look at one
> :window while typing into a window behind it.
>
> 	You are wrong (sorry!), but simply moving a pointer over another
> window, whether it is in the foreground or not, activates it.  You don't
> have to click at all.  

True, I forgot to mention that I had sunmouse turned off. This results in
the above mentioned problem. (I keep sunmouse turned off on my SUN too,
because I like AmigaMouse better).

>                     I agree that DMouse isn't perfect... it isn't possible
> to write any program of that type which satisfies everyone, but It's the
                                    ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> best solution I could come up with.
> 
> 					-Matt

Yes, but by making all the features optional and providing source you
come pretty close. Thanks.

Joel Swank
Tektronix, Redmond, Oregon
joels@tekred.TEK.COM