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PICTURETHIS(TM) "SHAREWARE" VERSION
RELEASE 4.00
DECEMBER 31, 1991
USING A MOUSE WITH PICTURETHIS
Copyright 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991 by Patricia Y. Williams and
Gregory Williams, All Rights Reserved.
HortIdeas Publishing, 460 Black Lick Road, Gravel Switch,
KY 40328, U.S.A.
Trademarks/Owners: CaptureThis and PictureThis/Patricia Y.
Williams and Gregory Williams; Logitech/Logitech, Inc.;
Microsoft/Microsoft Corp.
We find that cursor control is more precise with keyboard
input than with a mouse, mainly because we can count key
presses. Nevertheless, you can use a mouse with PictureThis
if you want.
Included on one of the PictureThis distribution disks are
two text files for defining Logitech mouse functions:
PTLOGI3B.DEF and PTLOGI2B.DEF. If you have a recent-vintage
Logitech mouse, you also should have Logitech Plus software,
including two files called NEWMENU.EXE and MENU.COM. Refer to
your Logitech Mouse User's Manual for instructions on how to
create a menu file from PTLOGI3B.DEF or PTLOGI2B.DEF (perhaps
modified by you) by using NEWMENU.EXE, and on how to load the
menu file by using MENU.COM. Also included on a PictureThis
distribution disk are the menu files corresponding to each
definition file: PTLOGI3B.MNU and PTLOGI2B.MNU; either menu
file can be loaded (provided you have already loaded your
mouse driver) by using MENU.COM.
What's the difference between PTLOGI3B.* and PTLOGI2B.*?
The former is for a three-button mouse, and the latter is for
a two-button mouse, although both can be used with a three-
button Logitech mouse. With very little effort, you should be
able to use the PTLOGI2B.DEF file to make a menu file for a
Microsoft mouse or a mouse which emulates either the Logitech
or the Microsoft mouse -- for more details, consult your
mouse manual.
Both PTLOGI3B.* and PTLOGI2B.* translate horizontal mouse
movements into horizontal cursor movements, and vertical
mouse movements into vertical cursor movements.
PTLOGI3B.* translates a press of the LEFT mouse key into
function key F1 (set endpoint), a press of the MIDDLE mouse
key into function key F2 (change control point), a press of
the RIGHT mouse key into function key F3 (set curve), and a
simultaneous press of ANY TWO OR ALL THREE mouse keys into
ESC (back out of the current operation).
PTLOGI2B.* translates a press of the LEFT mouse key into
function key F1 (set endpoint), a press of the RIGHT mouse
key into function key F2 (change control point), and (on a
two-button mouse) a simultaneous press of BOTH mouse keys
into function key F3 (set curve) or (on a three-button mouse)
a press of the MIDDLE mouse key into function key F3 (set
curve).