Re: Re: scribble update

> is pretty useless otherwise). I'd also like to make xscribble notice
> if a modifier key was pressed while the stroke was entered and then
> pass the appropriately modified key event on. (My idea is to map a
> couple of the buttons on the iPAQ to CTRL and META and use them with a
> single xscribble stroke rather than a two-stroke method where the
> first stroke specifies the modifier. Modifiers seem like one of the
> most useful mappings for buttons as applications will be able to
> distinguish from plain mouse events and modified mouse events. This
> can alleviate the problem of porting program that expect several mouse
> buttons to work with a "1-button" stylus.)
>
> I just did this for the Itsy (but not for our X version, just for the
> console mode). In addition to the obvious benefits of ctrl/meta/shift
> available on buttons, the cursor keys can be used with ctrl/meta/shift as
> well to provide emacs/tcsh style motion (e.g. right cursor moves right one
> char, right cursor + shift moves right one word, and right cursor plus ctrl
> moves to end of line), which makes editing a file when away from a keyboard
> a little simpler. If the iPAQ ever supports multiple button presses, this
> scheme could be useful on it as well.
>
> -Debby
>
>

I've been meaning to add the buttons as X modifier keys: I'll look into
this in the next couple days, unless someone beats me to it.
                                                - Jim

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Jim Gettys
Technology and Corporate Development
Compaq Computer Corporation
jg@pa.dec.com