Date: Fri, 3 Oct 1997 11:12:54 +0200 (MET DST)
From: Jan Hubicka <hubicka AT ta DOT jcu DOT cz>
To: Nate Eldredge <eldredge AT ap DOT net>
cc: Peter Palotas <blizzar AT hem1 DOT passagen DOT se>, djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: Linux portability Q!
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On Thu, 2 Oct 1997, Nate Eldredge wrote:

> 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... :)
Well, I use it in my aalib :) so I am sure, it should work as mouse driver
for other programs, but its interface is rather strange.
> >> 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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