On Thu, Mar 21, 2002 at 03:58:19PM -0800, Jim Cunning wrote:
> Something escapes me here.  How could this be anything but a software
> problem?  The mouse hasn't a clue where on the screen the cursor is
> positioned.  It's the mouse device driver that maintains the coordinates
> of the cursor position; the mouse can only say "move this much + or - X,
> and + or - Y."  When the mouse is clicked, the only thing the mouse sends
> is "button B is pressed," and it's up to the mouse driver to associate
> that event with the last location it knew.

Good point.  Well, I warned that it might be a rediculous idea. ;-)

Ben

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