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Re: Editor Ergonomics [was: Important features for editors]

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On Fri, 12 Jul 2013 00:57:24 -0400, "Eric S. Johansson" <esj@harvee.org>
declaimed the following:

>tap tap tap tap. Yeah, sucks to be me. A high-resolution mouse is  
>similarly problematic because I can make a gross motion to another part of  
>the screen. hitting a small target on a high-resolution screen is not easy  
>in the least and usually takes longer than the gross positioning across  
>the screen. What I would love is a mouse interface that uses a mouse  
>motion for a small range but a force vector like Mr. eraser head for  
>longer-range movement. Not exactly sure how the mouse would behave but  
>that's a very rough idea what would work well with my hands.

	Sounds like you might have liked an accessory I had on my Amiga.
Basically a proportional joystick feeding an interface box which converted
the position value into a sequence of mouse movements -- in which the speed
of mouse "ticks" varied in proportion to the joystick angle. Very easy to
do large movements (just tilt the stick all the way) and still have precise
capability (barely nudge the stick). Software could also be configured to
treat a small tilt as "local movement" while large tilts mapped to absolute
screen positions.

http://www.computinghistory.org.uk/det/6748/Gravis%20MouseStick/


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Editor Ergonomics [was: Important features for editors] Skip Montanaro <skip@pobox.com> - 2013-07-06 09:10 -0500
  Re: Editor Ergonomics [was: Important features for editors] rusi <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2013-07-06 08:04 -0700
    Re: Editor Ergonomics [was: Important features for editors] Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2013-07-06 09:39 -0600
    Re: Editor Ergonomics [was: Important features for editors] "Rhodri James" <rhodri@wildebst.demon.co.uk> - 2013-07-08 23:44 +0100
  Re: Editor Ergonomics [was: Important features for editors] Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2013-07-07 02:41 +0000
    Re: Editor Ergonomics [was: Important features for editors] jussij@zeusedit.com - 2013-07-07 22:34 -0700
      Re: Editor Ergonomics [was: Important features for editors] Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2013-07-08 07:39 +0000
      Re: Editor Ergonomics [was: Important features for editors] Jason Friedman <jsf80238@gmail.com> - 2013-07-08 22:27 -0600
        Re: Editor Ergonomics [was: Important features for editors] Neil Cerutti <neilc@norwich.edu> - 2013-07-09 12:12 +0000
          Re: Editor Ergonomics [was: Important features for editors] Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2013-07-09 17:04 -0400
  Re: Editor Ergonomics [was: Important features for editors] Giorgos Tzampanakis <giorgos.tzampanakis@gmail.com> - 2013-07-08 06:54 +0000
    Re: Editor Ergonomics [was: Important features for editors] Xue Fuqiao <xfq.free@gmail.com> - 2013-07-10 12:17 +0800
      Re: Editor Ergonomics [was: Important features for editors] jussij@zeusedit.com - 2013-07-10 21:15 -0700
        Re: Editor Ergonomics [was: Important features for editors] Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2013-07-11 09:45 -0400
          Re: Editor Ergonomics [was: Important features for editors] Paul Rudin <paul.nospam@rudin.co.uk> - 2013-07-11 16:42 +0100
            Re: Editor Ergonomics [was: Important features for editors] Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-07-12 01:50 +1000
              Re: Editor Ergonomics [was: Important features for editors] Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2013-07-12 04:24 +0000
                Re: Editor Ergonomics [was: Important features for editors] Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-07-12 14:34 +1000
                Re: Editor Ergonomics [was: Important features for editors] "Eric S. Johansson" <esj@harvee.org> - 2013-07-12 00:57 -0400
                Re: Editor Ergonomics [was: Important features for editors] Dennis Lee Bieber <wlfraed@ix.netcom.com> - 2013-07-12 18:34 -0400
                Re: Editor Ergonomics [was: Important features for editors] "Eric S. Johansson" <esj@harvee.org> - 2013-07-12 18:54 -0400
          Re: Editor Ergonomics [was: Important features for editors] Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2013-07-12 02:39 +0000
            Re: Editor Ergonomics [was: Important features for editors] Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-07-12 12:50 +1000
            Re: Editor Ergonomics [was: Important features for editors] Giorgos Tzampanakis <giorgos.tzampanakis@gmail.com> - 2013-07-14 17:12 +0000

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