[PD] Laptop Touchpad

[David NG McCallum]

There is a "synaptics" external floating around. Check the archives.

David
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mark wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I've recently aquired a Dell Laptop and it occurred to me that the 
> touch pad would make a nice input device. However on further
> investigation using "mousestate" I see that it only outputs deltas 
> (like a real mouse) rather than an absolute position. 
> 
> What I would like is when I press in the bottom left to get (0,0) and 
> in the top right (100,100) (or similar). 
> 
> Does anyone know if this is possible or is the actual hardware wired 
> to act like a mouse. 
> 
> cheers 
> 
> mark