On Mon, 2002-03-18 at 10:10, Michael Toomim wrote: > Joe Krahn wrote: > > The current acceleration is as follows. There are three values, > > num, denom, and threshold. You can set them all with xset, and don't > > need XChangePointerControl. I don't get noticeable acceleration > > with "xset m default". > > > > Here's the current XFree86 acceleration: > > > > If threshold > 0, the old way is used, which isn't very good. > > > > If threshold == 0, the distance moved is multiplied by: > > (d**(num/denum-1))/2 > > > > Install the exponential acceleration with, for example: > > xset m 18/10 0 > > > > num/denom values of about 1.5 to 2 seem to work good. Don't > > go much higher or the pointer is unstable. > > > > I guess this should go into the XF mouse manpage. > > > > Joe Krahn > > After playing with this for a while, it feels to me that: > A) The acceleration isn't noticable with low (normal) speeds > B) Once you reach a high enough speed, it gets fast too quickly
In particular, the effect is very bad if you move the mouse while the X server doesn't get scheduled for a little while. -- Earthling Michel Dänzer (MrCooper)/ Debian GNU/Linux (powerpc) developer XFree86 and DRI project member / CS student, Free Software enthusiast _______________________________________________ Xpert mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xpert
