Re: tlug: mouse movement (was: humour: Win98 source code)

[Jim Schweizer <schweiz@example.com>]

Hi all,

On 17-Jul-98 Jonathan Byrne - 3Web wrote:
> Satori!  The mouse *has no ballistics* ! That's it!  I'm use
> to an accellerated mouse cursor, but this one has completely
> 1:1 movement with the mouse.  That's why no matter how much I
> bump the speed, it gets faster but doesn't have that feel that
> I like.

While I write this, some of you are drinking like fish <sigh>.

I'm not sure what Jonathan means by 1:1, but you can change the
ratio of speed/distance. From the man page:

"The mouse, or whatever pointer the machine is connected to, will
go `acceleration' times as fast when it travels more than
`threshold' pixels in a short time."

Maybe if you mess around with this aspect of xset m 1 4 ( the
default) you'll reach satori :) 

HTH

Jim S.

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There once was an acolyte from Kochi. Given any task he
concentrated with the greatest gravity. When the roshi asked,
"Why are you working so earnestly?" he answered, "To attain
satori. That is why I'm here." The roshi replied, "I see."
Life continued. And although the acolyte concentrate so
earnestly on thinking of nothing that sweat poured off his brow,
nothing happened. Finally, he went to see the roshi and said,
"Even though I meditate so long, so diligently, so thoroughly,
nothing occurs." The roshi answered, "I see." "What should I
do?" the acolyte pleaded. "You should go home. You are wasting
your time here." the roshi stated. "Let me explain. Zen does
not culminate in satori. It is not a goal that one works toward.
Zen is sufficient without that. This is because it is a means
without an end. In this way, it can be said to be like life.
Life, this life, our life, anyone's life has no goal. Rather,
one lives. In the same way, one should meditate. This meditation
is its own goal. It is not a process leading to something. It is
living. The reason you are wasting your time is because you are
unaware of this."

The crushed acolyte withdrew. He did not, however, go
home. Whether he attained satori or not is unknown. In any
event, it has nothing to do with this story. 

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