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- From: swf@teradata.com (Stanley Friesen)
- Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
- Subject: Re: X without a mouse
- Message-ID: <774@tdat.teradata.COM>
- Date: 28 Jul 92 19:38:04 GMT
- References: <1992Jul16.162747.9394@cucbs.chem.columbia.edu> <1992Jul17.225941.10541@walter.bellcore.com>
- Sender: news@tdat.teradata.COM
- Reply-To: swf@tdat.teradata.com (Stanley Friesen)
- Organization: NCR Teradata Database Business Unit
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- In article <1992Jul17.225941.10541@walter.bellcore.com> aw@bae.bellcore.com writes:
- |In article <1992Jul16.162747.9394@cucbs.chem.columbia.edu>, puglia@cucbs.chem.columbia.edu (Paul Puglia) writes:
- |>
- |> Is there anyway to run X without a mouse? I had a user who has some
- |> difficulties with using a mouse due to a handicap. He can manipulate a
- |> keyboard without any problem. Is there anyway to map mouse motions
- |> to keys on the keyboard ala MS-Windows?
- |
- |There was a paper at the last X conference called "Using XTrap to
- |Help People with Manual Disabilities" by Keith Packard (published
- |in "The X Resource" Issue 1). ...
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- Also, olwm 3.X supports a mouseless mode, as do the associated deskset
- tools (which use XView 3.X). So, a combination of the latest olwm
- with a set of XView application that cover the user's needs should
- allow mouseless operation.
-
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