Re: gEDA-user: Warp pointer nonesense

[Gabriel Paubert <paubert@xxxxxxx>]

On Mon, Jul 25, 2011 at 12:49:00PM -0400, DJ Delorie wrote:
> 
> > Speaking of pointer warping: why is the pointer not warped when 
> > swapping sides (with TAB for example) ?
> > 
> > At least it's not done with the lesstif HID.
> 
> That's intentional.

I strongly disagree with that choice.

> 
> > I'm aware that "max XWarpPointer" claims that "There is seldom 
> > any reason for calling this function.", but this is the exception 
> > that confirms the rule IMHO.
> 
> No, changing the way you look at the board is not a valid reason to
> rip control of the mouse away from the user.

Then there is an inconsistency: the mouse pointer does not move
on the screen but the crosshair does move to stay at the point where
it was before pressing the TAB key. Then the crosshair jumps
back to the pointer position as soon as you move the mouse.

	Gabriel


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