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Re: A few questions about Applet writing.
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Bob Hoekstra)
Wed Jun 14 06:35:04 1995
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From: Bob Hoekstra <roh@scuk.demon.co.uk>
Date: Wed, 14 Jun 95 10:07:35 +0100 (BST)
<<< Arthur van Hoff wrote >>>
> Hi Claude,
>
> > I'm just trying to write a HotJava applet and face a few problems :
> >
> > 1 - Is there a way to tell which button has been pressed when
> > executing MouseUp() or MouseDown() ?
>
> No. We have not implemented this, mainly because it would not
> work on systems with a single mouse button. We may fix this
> in the next release (if you scream loud enough 8^).
(snip)
<<< End of msg from Arthur van Hoff >>>
I appreciate that you don't want to create unnecessary code, but it
seems sad that we have to reduce the level to the lowest common
denominator! Having said that, I know of one X application (no names,
no packdrill) which supported all 5 (!) X mouse buttons and, when
ported to MS Windows, displayed the weirdest actions/bugs/features
until a patch removed support for all but buttons 1 & 2.
Maybe our cider and raincoat producing friends might consider up-
grading their mouse support?
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Bob Hoekstra
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