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From: lsr@Apple.COM (Larry Rosenstein)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: Re: GetMouse et al.
Message-ID: <162@internal.Apple.COM>
Date: 27 Oct 88 19:21:20 GMT
References: <10849@srcsip.UUCP>
Organization: Advanced Technology Group, Apple Computer
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In article <10849@srcsip.UUCP> mnkonar@srcsip.UUCP () writes:
>
>A question:
>How do the mouse routines like WaitMouseUp, Button, StillDown, GetMouse,
>and others(I can't remember if there are any others at the moment) get
>their information?  Do they directly read the mouse or do they use the 

A quick perusal in Macsbug reveals that Button and GetMouse look at the low
mnemory globals, and that the others (such as WaitMouseUp) call the lower
level routines.  In addition, the OS Event Manager routines OSEventAvail
and GetOSEvent seem to access the low memory globals as well.

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