On Wednesday 10 July 2002 10:37 pm, you wrote: > > I am just wondering about that mouse wheel patch... Is there any reason > > why it wouldn't be incorporated into the next Blackbox release? I mean, > > it should be stable enough, and I don't think that it really slows down > > the interface any. In fact, I really loved it when I had it in beta1... I > > don't know about beta2 yet. I find that the mouse wheel patch makes it > > much faster to switch between my desktops, and I prefer that to the > > pager, which I use mainly for moving apps between desktops. > > the biggest reason is I do not own a wheel mouse and neither does Brad. We > dislike having any code that we can not personally test from time to time. > Both of us are also on the fence about the aethestic of using the wheel for > this. The mouse wheel was intended for scroll bars inside applications.
Okay. I understand that, but also, the wheel does still work for scrolling in applications. It only scrolls through your desktops when your cursor is over the root window (desktop). If you want, I will buy you a scroll mouse (they are about $5CAD here or maybe less) just so that the mouse patch can be tested. I think it is a splendid idea, and it really adds to blackbox's efficiency. I am gonna give it a go at patching it myself manually... I am no programmer, but I think I can make it work just from looking at the source to the patch I found online. -- D. Olson The Mandrake eXPerience http://mdkxp.by-a.com/ MUB-NWN http://nwn.by-a.com/ WinXP - the best thing since induced vomitting.
