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That's actually really cool.. This democratization of useful information probably opens the door for lots of interesting interactions between distributed system
by bigbizisverywyz 6y ago
That's actually really cool.. This democratization of useful information probably opens the door for lots of interesting interactions between distributed systems.
Even on my local Linux system I wouldn't know how to get hold of the mouse data without using an X Windows API (or SDL on a console only app before X is run).
- justincormack 6y agoThere are devices under /dev/input which are quite easy to decode for raw mouse data.
- kragen 6y agoI agree! I think that kind of transparency and openness to hacking is very important. You may be interested in https://gitlab.com/kragen/bubbleos/blob/master/spikes/intellimouse.c https://gitlab.com/kragen/bubbleos/blob/master/spikes/intell..., which reads from /dev/input/mice, although I haven't yet implemented support in https://gitlab.com/kragen/bubbleos/blob/master/yeso/yeso-fb.c https://gitlab.com/kragen/bubbleos/blob/master/yeso/yeso-fb.....