On Sat, Jun 29, 2002 at 01:16:53PM -0700, Alan Coopersmith wrote: > > At one point I got the impression that XFree86 didn't support more > > than five buttons. Is this true? This would seem to me like an > > arbitrary limit that we should grow past nowadays... > > The limitation on core pointer buttons comes from the event definition in the > core X11 protocol:
Well how come xf86OSmouse.h says: #define MSE_MAXBUTTONS 12 > > SETofKEYBUTMASK > #x0001 Shift > #x0002 Lock > #x0004 Control > #x0008 Mod1 > #x0010 Mod2 > #x0020 Mod3 > #x0040 Mod4 > #x0080 Mod5 > #x0100 Button1 > #x0200 Button2 > #x0400 Button3 > #x0800 Button4 > #x1000 Button5 > #xE000 unused but must be zero > > I believe input extension devices do not suffer from this limit, but haven't > verified it. > > -- > -Alan Coopersmith- [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sun Microsystems, Inc. - Software Systems Group > Cust. Advocacy & Tech Services: X11 Engineering > _______________________________________________ > Xpert mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xpert -- Paul Elliott 1(512)837-1096 [EMAIL PROTECTED] PMB 181, 11900 Metric Blvd Suite J http://www.io.com/~pelliott/pme/ Austin TX 78758-3117 _______________________________________________ Xpert mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xpert
