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Re: mouse and gpm



On Fri, Mar 27, 2009 at 08:20:12AM +0100, Daniel Dalton wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 24, 2009 at 04:57:15PM -0400, Thomas Dickey wrote:
> > I hadn't really thought about gpm in particular, but wheel mice are
> > doable with the extension I added a few years ago, and have tested in
> > xterm (which is a binary change).
> > 
> > That part is something that Daniel Baumann is steering toward
> > in ncurses updates.
> 
> So what do I need exactly? Can I keep using GPM? And if necessary I can
> apply patches and build from source...

a) you can continue using gpm.
b) ncurses updates will sooner or later support wheel mice
c) whether gpm supports wheel mice is not entirely clear

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Thomas E. Dickey
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