[H-GEN] A few quick questions

[Russell Stuart]

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On Mon, 2003-06-02 at 12:29, Mark Suter wrote: 
>     The acceleration can be specified as an integer, or as a
>     simple fraction.  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.  This
>     way, the mouse can be used for precise alignment when it is
>     moved slowly, yet it can be set to travel across the screen
>     in a flick of the wrist when desired.

One thing the manual entry doesn't say is that if you set the threshold
to 0, whether the mouse is accelerated or not depends only on how fast
you move the mouse, not the distance.  Move it slowly and it is not
accelerated.  Move it fast and it is accelerated.  I prefer this
"dynamic acceleration" to the traditional behaviour.

I remember seeing mentioned in a mailing list post by one of the X
developers.  I have never seen it documented anywhere.


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