[GRASS-dev] Discussing new GUI toolkit: v.pydigit

[Hamish]

> I wonder - does it (python I assume you mean here) get button-click  
> info from the system, or interpret mouse/trackpad directly?  A  
> feature of recent PowerBooks, and the new MacBook I'm lovin', is (if  
> one uses the pad-tap feature) tapping with *two* fingers does a right-
> 
> click.  If Python sees it as left/right click, you wouldn't have to  
> worry about trying to interpret meta-keys as well.  Same goes for  
> ctrl-click - it's a standard setup for the system to do a right-click 
> 
> - if Python sees this as right-click instead of ctrl-click, it  
> wouldn't have to deal with having to have alternatives for extra  
> buttons on a Mac.  There's nothing for a middle-click, so we're only  
> down to two buttons, not one.
> 
> There are also drivers available to do similar things for older  
> PowerBooks.

AFAIR, ctrl-click and apple-click on the mac were translated to
middle/right click somewhere in the system before X11. (but it doesn't
always work right in some X applications)

Play with "xev" to test?


Hamish