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From: eichin@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Mark W. Eichin)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: re: Summary of warping discussion (so far)
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Date: 30 Jun 88 22:37:28 GMT
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JM>From: mit-vax!josh@bloom-beacon.mit.edu  (Joshua Marantz)
JM>Organization: Viewlogic Systems, Inc.
JM>The simplest example is a system that binds the keyboard arrow keys to
JM>move the pointer in the appropriate direction.  This is useful in
JM>drawing packages where it is sometimes difficult to precisely position
JM>objects freehand with the mouse.
JM>-Joshua Marantz
JM>Viewlogic Systems, Inc.

Has anyone implemented such, at the window manager level? I know it
sounds like a step backwards, but I'd be interested in seeing
something (preferably an isolated application) that would make some
keys into mouse-motion keys, to allow navigating solely from the
keyboard. It'd be easy to do for a single application, but I want it
for *all* windows. It isn't clear to me where to start on this...
				Mark Eichin
			
		SIPB Member & Project Athena ``Watchmaker''