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- Extension list
- --------------
-
- Below are listed possible extensions and additional features for CuteMouse
- in different categories. Not all of them will be implemented, but they may
- give hints for other ideas. Please, express your opinion about this list -
- this may help in CuteMouse's further development and enhancement.
-
-
- Mice support:
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-
- - Support for Bus, InPort and other mouse types. Currently there is not
- enough information and no available hardware/mice for testing.
- - Mouse reset and/or switching between serial mouse modes on the fly if
- the received mouse data flow has errors.
- [proposed by Alain Mouette]
- - API to access wheel rotation information.
- - API to send mouse-like information to driver. Useful for emulating a
- mouse for nonstandard hardware.
- [proposed by Matthias Paul]
-
-
- Video support:
- --------------
-
- - Support of all possible text modes, including VESA. Currently only
- standard modes 0-3 and 7 are supported, although with any screen size.
- - Direct video adapter register reading in the EGA RIL API for VGA and
- newer adapters.
- - Scaling cursor movement according to current screen resolution (mouse
- movement should move the cursor the same distance on the screen rather
- than the same distance in pixels regardless of the current resolution).
- [proposed by Jason Burgon]
-
-
- Hardware handling:
- ------------------
-
- - IRQ8-15 support. Currently only IRQ1-7 are supported.
- - Auto detect IRQ assigned to a COM port. Currently IRQ is determined by
- COM port number only.
-
-
- Command line:
- -------------
-
- - Hyphen as the switch char in the command line. Currently only the slash
- is accepted for this.
- - Option to specify UART base address.
- - Option to reorder all mouse buttons.
- - Option to specify movement orientation (with 90 or 180 degrees step).
- - Option to reverse wheel orientation.
- [proposed by Matthias Paul]
-
-
- Miscellaneous:
- --------------
-
- - Remove code for all unused handlers from resident part.
- - Completely reuse the PSP area in resident memory block.
- - Use DPMS and HMA to further reduce conventional memory footprint.
- [proposed by Matthias Paul]
- - COUNTRY settings may determine displayed messages coding.
-
-
- Utilities:
- ----------
-
- - Utility to install a handler for secondary mouse. This would be
- especially useful for notebooks with both built-in and external mice.
-