[PD] Mouse data without Xorg boundaries

Tyler Leavitt thecryoflove at gmail.com
Wed May 23 21:52:46 CEST 2012


Jonathan,

Heh... well I did mention in my post that I tried that already and it
didn't do what I wanted it to. But then I tried it again at your urging and
voila! For some reason I missed that my first try.

Thanks,
Tyler

On Wed, May 23, 2012 at 12:05 PM, Jonathan Wilkes <jancsika at yahoo.com>wrote:

> Hi Tyler,
>      I used my search plugin to search for objects tagged with the
> "user_input" keyword and found:
>
> cyclone/MouseState
> report mouse x/y/deltax/y and buttonpress
> Keywords: control max_compatible user_input
>
> Since it gives you delta x/y I think it will solve your problem.
>
> -Jonathan
>
>   ------------------------------
> *From:* Tyler Leavitt <thecryoflove at gmail.com>
> *To:* pd-list <pd-list at iem.at>
> *Sent:* Wednesday, May 23, 2012 12:19 PM
> *Subject:* [PD] Mouse data without Xorg boundaries
>
> Hello list,
>
> Not sure if the title explains it concisely enough, but I'm looking to get
> mouse data without the screen limits of X. So basically when I drag the
> mouse to the far-right boundary of the screen and continue dragging, though
> my pointer stays the same on the screen, obviously there is still data
> being sent from the optical mouse to the comp that states I am moving
> right. How can I get this data? I'm mounting an optical mouse upside down
> under a wheel and I want to read that data. I thought MouseState from
> cyclone libs would give me this with the "delta" x and y, but those are
> confined to Xorg's limits as well. Any ideas? I don't feel confident in
> hacking mouse drivers without guidance....
>
> Thanks,
> Tyler
>
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