Yeah, I left out that I also opened the help patch, and the deltas were still
being output when the mouse pointer
hit the edge of the screen in x.
-Jonathan
>________________________________
> From: Tyler Leavitt <[email protected]>
>To: Jonathan Wilkes <[email protected]>
>Cc: pd-list <[email protected]>
>Sent: Wednesday, May 23, 2012 3:52 PM
>Subject: Re: [PD] Mouse data without Xorg boundaries
>
>
>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 <[email protected]> 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 <[email protected]>
>>>To: pd-list <[email protected]>
>>>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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