On Sat, Feb 19, 2000 at 12:43:46AM +0100, Andreas Beck wrote:
> > Think fbdev...
>
> On fbdev, the linux-input GII lib is used, which is about equivalent to
> "grabbing the mouse".
Exactly, you might want your mouse for some other purpose perhaps in
another vc (or on another head), there still needs to be a way to tell the
thing to let go of the mouse now..
> > I will admit, before Mercury broke the input code for every target, -ggi
>
> Mercury ? I suppose this is some debian release - right ?
No, it just happens that a lot of QuakeForge coders happen to be Debian
developers. =>
> > I think GII is useful even in places where GGI isn't, personally.
>
> Yeah. That's one of the reasons why we split it off.
Mercury wants to put it into the -3dfx target which currently uses svgalib
for input and can't grab the mouse from gpm...
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<Mercury> <CJ|BiZKiT-0-> i can upload to linux server tho
<Mercury> <CJ|BiZKiT-0-> i got a shell account on one
<Mercury> <Mercury> Whats it running?
<Mercury> <CJ|BiZKiT-0-> umm
<Mercury> <CJ|BiZKiT-0-> apache i think
<Mercury> Help, please help..
* Omni chuckles
