Re: any way to get the mouse position on two places on the screen?
On Sat, Sep 21, 2013 at 05:34:22AM -0400, Albretch Mueller wrote: You can tell ffmpeg to screen capture one area of the screen and make a clip JFYI, apt-cache show ffmpeg [...] This package contains the deprecated ffmpeg program. -- If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the oppressing. --- Malcolm X -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20130923071220.GG23041@tal
Re: any way to get the mouse position on two places on the screen?
Ksnapshot for capturing a screen shot ~ actually Ksnapshot has this functionality built-in somehow. You can tell it to make a snapshot of the current window instead of the whole screen ~ Are you trying to fix a lack in a video editing app without touching the app itself, or are you looking for ideas on functionality to add to an app with appropriate source code, etc.? ~ OK, this would be a use case of what I have in mind. Most of the times it is hard to figure out what users have in their mind (heck! I notice how even technical people frequently crosstalk each other) so you want for them to be able to do whatever it is they were trying to and verbally explain what they mean as they do in their own words (that, to me, would be the closest you can get to what they have in their minds) ~ You can tell ffmpeg to screen capture one area of the screen and make a clip ~ The user could post that file for you to see what they mean ~ lbrtchx -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/CAFakBwiLJ6YLRdV2ZSWgBxyC=f0bso0kdr99p7ek99s5x38...@mail.gmail.com
Re: any way to get the mouse position on two places on the screen?
On Fri, Sep 20, 2013 at 11:48:32AM +0300, Andrei POPESCU wrote: On Lu, 22 iul 13, 13:18:50, Albretch Mueller wrote: I think I should have worded the question as: ~ any way to get the mouse position on the screen (so that then you would then take a second one in order to calculate the rectangular viewing area on a screen (showing a video))? ~ I think xev will give you this. Run it in a terminal. Then you have to position the mouse pointer over the Event Tester window, and the terminal will show you the mouse position. You can move the Event Tester window to different parts of the screen -- wherever you need to get coordinates. -Rob signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Re: any way to get the mouse position on two places on the screen?
On Lu, 22 iul 13, 13:18:50, Albretch Mueller wrote: I think I should have worded the question as: ~ any way to get the mouse position on the screen (so that then you would then take a second one in order to calculate the rectangular viewing area on a screen (showing a video))? ~ I think this is just another case of the XY problem. http://www.perlmonks.org/?node_id=542341 Kind regards, Andrei -- http://wiki.debian.org/FAQsFromDebianUser Offtopic discussions among Debian users and developers: http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/d-community-offtopic http://nuvreauspam.ro/gpg-transition.txt signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Re: any way to get the mouse position on two places on the screen?
On Mon, Jul 22, 2013 at 10:18 PM, Albretch Mueller lbrt...@gmail.com wrote: I think I should have worded the question as: ~ any way to get the mouse position on the screen (so that then you would then take a second one in order to calculate the rectangular viewing area on a screen (showing a video))? ~ lbrtchx Are you trying to fix a lack in a video editing app without touching the app itself, or are you looking for ideas on functionality to add to an app with appropriate source code, etc.? If the former, I'm wondering how you expect the app to recognize the two cursors, how you expect to tell the app which is for what, etc. If the latter, you might launch your copy of the gimp (or photoshop) and check the cloning function to see one example of where an app remembers one cursor location for use at another. (And other suggestions have already been made.) -- Joel Rees Be careful where you see conspiracy. Look first in your own heart. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/caar43iop6wmsnkbbr6cxcsxbxe2l-6muuo_bpdzhmwhjkea...@mail.gmail.com
Re: any way to get the mouse position on two places on the screen?
On Fri, Sep 20, 2013 at 5:48 PM, Andrei POPESCU andreimpope...@gmail.com wrote: On Lu, 22 iul 13, 13:18:50, Albretch Mueller wrote: I think I should have worded the question as: ~ any way to get the mouse position on the screen (so that then you would then take a second one in order to calculate the rectangular viewing area on a screen (showing a video))? ~ I think this is just another case of the XY problem. The first thought is, as in coordinates. 8-* http://www.perlmonks.org/?node_id=542341 Kind regards, Andrei -- Joel Rees Be careful where you see conspiracy. Look first in your own heart. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/caar43iodmmdexzcxwbfkp0_tcrob+lzx9kyw1ao+6jpptjl...@mail.gmail.com
Re: any way to get the mouse position on two places on the screen?
On 09/20/2013 06:29 PM, Joel Rees wrote: On Mon, Jul 22, 2013 at 10:18 PM, Albretch Mueller lbrt...@gmail.com wrote: I think I should have worded the question as: ~ any way to get the mouse position on the screen (so that then you would then take a second one in order to calculate the rectangular viewing area on a screen (showing a video))? ~ lbrtchx /snip/ If the latter, you might launch your copy of the gimp (or photoshop) and check the cloning function to see one example of where an app remembers one cursor location for use at another. (And other suggestions have already been made.) -- Joel Rees Also, just about any CAD program can find two points on the screen, one at a time, to be sure, but it knows the coordinates of each point, and can measure the distance between them or construct a line joining them, and calculate the angle of the line. Or construct a rectangle using the points as opposite corners. You may even be able to select /three/ points and construct a circle that includes them. --doug -- Blessed are the peacemakers..for they shall be shot at from both sides. --A.M.Greeley -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/523cd42f.8010...@optonline.net
Re: any way to get the mouse position on two places on the screen?
On Sat, Jul 20, 2013 at 08:24:45PM +, Albretch Mueller wrote: Thank you, lbrtchx If you have two mice, and need independent positions reporting for them, try MPX: http://wearables.unisa.edu.au/projects/mpx/ There's something of a howto here: http://ao2.it/en/blog/2010/01/19/poor-mans-multi-touch-using-multiple-mice-xorg Enjoy. signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Re: any way to get the mouse position on two places on the screen?
I think I should have worded the question as: ~ any way to get the mouse position on the screen (so that then you would then take a second one in order to calculate the rectangular viewing area on a screen (showing a video))? ~ lbrtchx -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/CAFakBwg5mW6UdpE0DSX6nmGDQRVNvPbTw2S0e3sL8=6nzwd...@mail.gmail.com
Re: any way to get the mouse position on two places on the screen?
On 07/20/13 at 09:55pm, Albretch Mueller wrote: Anyway I was trying to be the possibly least verbose I could. Whoever told you this was a good idea was lying. Be more verbose. Since I need to do some screen capture based on ffmpeg I need to know the pixel coordinates of the a rectangle on my screen and the easiest way I could think of getting that info is by positioning the the mouse at those two different places, in which case I would be physically constrained of doing it at the same time, no? Probably not, now that you've listed the actual issue. I don't know why you need to know both at once.. get one, then get the other? Or does the rectangle move? Can you be more verbose? -- William signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Re: any way to get the mouse position on two places on the screen?
On Sat, 2013-07-20 at 20:24 +, Albretch Mueller wrote: Thank you, lbrtchx One mouse cursor at two different positions at the same time? What is it good for? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/1374352263.967.5.camel@archlinux
Re: any way to get the mouse position on two places on the screen?
Le 15906ième jour après Epoch, Ralf Mardorf écrivait: On Sat, 2013-07-20 at 20:24 +, Albretch Mueller wrote: Thank you, lbrtchx One mouse cursor at two different positions at the same time? What is it good for? Schizophrenic people? Or maybe cut/paste speedup? I remember an old software on some Oric/Atmos/other small computer on which you were able to drop a part of the mouse pointer to put a graphic operation on standby mode, that allow you to use the rest of the mouse to select another tool. If I remember correctly, you were able to suspend a path selection using the shift-crtl key, to change the kind of operation, and shift-ctrl again allow you to continue drawing the selection path. Totally amazing !!! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/87ob9wc439@tourde.org
Re: any way to get the mouse position on two places on the screen?
One mouse cursor at two different positions at the same time? What is it good for? Schizophrenic people? ~ Is it not the very definition of schizophrenia to see and hear things other people haven't actually stated? ~ Anyway I was trying to be the possibly least verbose I could. Since I need to do some screen capture based on ffmpeg I need to know the pixel coordinates of the a rectangle on my screen and the easiest way I could think of getting that info is by positioning the the mouse at those two different places, in which case I would be physically constrained of doing it at the same time, no? ~ lbrtchx -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/cafakbwgzpe3w7h2xesmw3kbswysan196ruk3lfp48sofq6a...@mail.gmail.com
Re: any way to get the mouse position on two places on the screen?
Albretch Mueller wrote: I need to know the pixel coordinates of the a rectangle on my screen and the easiest way I could think of getting that info is by positioning the the mouse at those two different places, in which case I would be physically constrained of doing it at the same time, no ? No, for example o Ksnapshot for capturing a screen shot o ImageMagic's crop function use a left-click|-hold-drag-|release technique for outling rectangles -- Stanley C. Kitching Human Being Phoenix, Arizona -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/ksf2mn$rht$1...@dont-email.me
