I've augmented the optics to allow the mouse to track at a distance of about 8 inches. The idea was to create a navigation device for FIRST Robotics competition. http://www.usfirst.org/ I've tried to get the students moving on this but it appears to be to great a challenge for them. -- Allen Brown [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://brown.armoredpenguin.com/~abrown/ Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty. --- Thomas Jefferson http://brown.armoredpenguin.com/~abrown/first/simulator/ http://brown.armoredpenguin.com/~abrown/first/training/
Ben Barrett wrote: > When I first plug a USB mouse into most winders XPee laptops, > which start out with a touchpad, both become active by default in > my experience.... so even without changing the control panel, > you have a mouse button only inches away from your keyboard.... > essential right there, so you can hold down a mouse button with > one hand on the keyboard, and let the cat swat at your mouse > to get some interesting drawings :) > > Has anyone tried an optical mouse under varying optical properties > and conditions, for creative purposes? > > ben > > > > On 2/18/07, Elijah Buck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> In windows, turning on "mousekeys" might do what you want. >> >> control->accessbility options->mouse->mousekeys. >> >> That should allow you to use the numpad to control the mouse. I can't >> remember which key it is exactly to click. It might be enter or ".". I'm >> hoping this doesn't disable your real mouse. >> >> Elijah >> >> On 2/17/07, dooger watts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> > >> > Have searched and searched on this topic, but I haven't yet discovered >> > if there's a keyboard equivalent to a hold-down-the-left-mouse-button. >> > >> > Been doing a lot of drawing/tracing, and, on The Miggy, you could leave >> > your left index finger off the mouse button and concentrate on just the >> > movement of the drawing cursor by holding down the Alt and Left Amiga >> > keys at the same time. >> > >> > Is there such an equivalent on the PC side? >> > >> > Thanx, y'all, >> > M _______________________________________________ EUGLUG mailing list [email protected] http://www.euglug.org/mailman/listinfo/euglug
