Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site wateng.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!wateng!ksbszabo From: ksbszabo@wateng.UUCP (Kevin Szabo) Newsgroups: net.works Subject: Re: non-linear mousing Message-ID: <1313@wateng.UUCP> Date: Sat, 11-Aug-84 17:48:08 EDT Article-I.D.: wateng.1313 Posted: Sat Aug 11 17:48:08 1984 Date-Received: Sun, 12-Aug-84 02:04:15 EDT References: <12139@sri-arpa.UUCP>, <210e577f.142@apollo.uucp> Organization: VLSI Group, U of Waterloo Lines: 16 Could some people mail their favourite mouse 'gear ratio', to me? ( linear or non-linear ). I tried to implement a non-linear mousing transform ( dx * (dx+1)/2 ) but it didn't work as well as I hoped and thus I abandoned it. This implementation was for a general-purpose input package under UN*X. Running under UN*X introduced the problem of being swapped out now and then. The result was that the non-linear stuff would see large movements when you were swapped (this would occur for tablet sampling, or when the user briskly moved the mouse because of poor response) and the cursor would shoot to some side of the screen. Any comments appreciated, and of course I will summarize for the net. Kevin -- Kevin Szabo watmath!wateng!ksbszabo (Elec Eng, U of Waterloo)