On 01/02/2022, Ben Hancock <b...@benghancock.com> wrote: > as well but have yet to become adept at the trackpoint. Do you find > you're able to sweep lines as easily using it in acme as with a physical > mouse?
A trackpoint isn't a real three-button mouse by Acme's standards. "A real three-button mouse" is something that supports one-to-one finger-to-button. A trackpoint is a two-button mouse with an additional scroll button. It's designed for Windows and OS/2. IBM-pattern mice (as in scrollpoint and original ThinkCentre) work for me. The side walls are slightly off from vertical, for dovetailing* into the thumb and outside finger. (Not relevant, but I've never seen it commented on.) I haven't tried anything else. Plus, trackpoint users will often accidentally type 'u', which on Plan 9 means you lose what's in your snarf buffer. For convenience, direct link to a picture of a "dovetail" joint: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Finished_dovetail.jpg/1920px-Finished_dovetail.jpg (since it seems these are named after a different animal in every single language) ------------------------------------------ 9fans: 9fans Permalink: https://9fans.topicbox.com/groups/9fans/T49f3cceea70d2b61-M18ed9c97f727cbf7c93d2d81 Delivery options: https://9fans.topicbox.com/groups/9fans/subscription
