a trackpoint is a 2-handed chording device. clearly it's limited, but still better than any touchpad (when you are constrained to a laptop on the go)
On 3/23/22, Stuart Morrow <morrow.stu...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 01/02/2022, Ben Hancock <b...@benghancock.com> wrote: >> as well but have yet to become adept at the trackpoint. Do you find >> you're able to sweep lines as easily using it in acme as with a physical >> mouse? > > A trackpoint isn't a real three-button mouse by Acme's standards. "A > real three-button mouse" is something that supports one-to-one > finger-to-button. A trackpoint is a two-button mouse with an > additional scroll button. It's designed for Windows and OS/2. > > IBM-pattern mice (as in scrollpoint and original ThinkCentre) work for > me. The side walls are slightly off from vertical, for dovetailing* > into the thumb and outside finger. (Not relevant, but I've never seen > it commented on.) I haven't tried anything else. > > Plus, trackpoint users will often accidentally type 'u', which on Plan > 9 means you lose what's in your snarf buffer. > > For convenience, direct link to a picture of a "dovetail" joint: > https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Finished_dovetail.jpg/1920px-Finished_dovetail.jpg > (since it seems these are named after a different animal in every > single language) ------------------------------------------ 9fans: 9fans Permalink: https://9fans.topicbox.com/groups/9fans/T49f3cceea70d2b61-M02cfae3bd125a7bf0b7e6060 Delivery options: https://9fans.topicbox.com/groups/9fans/subscription
