Date:	Mon, 20 Jan 1997 07:58:23 -0500 (EST)
From:	root <root AT capslock DOT com>
Reply-To:	"Mike A. Harris" <mharris AT sympatico DOT ca>
To:	"Gautam N. Lad" <gautam AT interlog DOT com>
cc:	djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject:	Re: GRID and SNAP for Mouse
In-Reply-To:	<5bqvfa$a73@news.interlog.com>
Message-ID:	<Pine.LNX.3.93.970120075559.8267A-100000@capslock.com>
MIME-Version:	1.0

On 18 Jan 1997, Gautam N. Lad wrote:

> Hi,
> Is it possible to make the mouse snap on pixels.  What I mean, is
> the mouse usually moves around smoothly, but what if I wanted to
> have a grid, say 10x10, and the mouse to move from pixel 1 to pixel
> 10?  
> What I'm basically saying is I want to have a snap effect, on a 
> grid.  Equivalent to many CAD programs such as AutoCAD that have
> the Snap function (F9).
> 
> I'm using DJGPP v2.00 and GRX v2.0.

Blit your own mouse pointer onto the screen.  Read the mouse co-ords,
multiply by 10, then blit your pointer.  You might want to lower the mouse
sensitivity or threshold first so that the mouse doesn't wizz off the
screen now though.


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