Re: [pygame] Pointer module

[Stuart Axon <stu.axon+pygame@xxxxxxxxx>]

Are we still waiting on SDL for support for multiple mice?

OT:
I want to try multiple pointing device on windows with python (just
test with 2 mice and a tablet), any idea if this is feasable ?


2009/1/11 Thiago Chaves <shundread@xxxxxxxxx>:
> Hi,
>
> I decided to improve the UI on my recent project and decided to allow
> users to use joysticks as pointing devices too. To do that I defined a
> class that encapsulates both mouse and joystick and gives them an
> interface (slightly) similar to the mouse module. I figure the pointer
> classes could still be improved, but I decided to release one early
> version of it along with an example to get some early feedback on the
> idea.
>
> There's really no advantage on using this over mouse module if you're
> using only mouse. It'd make sense in situations where you got both
> joysticks and mouse as pointing devices. (local multiplayer
> point-and-click games, anyone?)
>
> There's an example, which just uses the mouse and as many joysticks as
> you have as pointing devices. Notice the joystick devices start
> pointing at (0, 0)
>
> Could anyone give this a try and give me some feedback? What is good?
> What is bad? What is missing? What is unnecessary?
>
> Thanks,
>
> -Thiago
>