Category : Printer + Display Graphics
Archive   : PICTHIS.ZIP
Filename : PTMOUSE.TXT

 
Output of file : PTMOUSE.TXT contained in archive : PICTHIS.ZIP
PICTURETHIS(TM) "SHAREWARE" VERSION

RELEASE 3.00

MAY 15, 1990

USING A MOUSE WITH PICTURETHIS


Copyright 1988, 1989, 1990 by Patricia Y. Williams and
Gregory Williams, All Rights Reserved.

HortIdeas Publishing, Route 1, Box 302, Black Lick Road,
Gravel Switch, KY 40328, U.S.A.

Trademarks/Owners: CaptureThis and PictureThis/Patricia Y.
Williams and Gregory Williams; Logitech/Logitech, Inc.;
Microsoft/Microsoft Corp.


We find that cursor control is more precise with keyboard
input than with a mouse, mainly because we can count key
presses. Nevertheless, you can use a mouse with PictureThis
if you want.
Included on one of the PictureThis distribution disks are
two text files for defining Logitech mouse functions:
PTLOGI3B.DEF and PTLOGI2B.DEF. If you have a recent-vintage
Logitech mouse, you also should have Logitech Plus software,
including two files called NEWMENU.EXE and MENU.COM. Refer to
your Logitech Mouse User's Manual for instructions on how to
create a menu file from PTLOGI3B.DEF or PTLOGI2B.DEF (perhaps
modified by you) by using NEWMENU.EXE, and on how to load the
menu file by using MENU.COM. Also included on a PictureThis
distribution disk are the menu files corresponding to each
definition file: PTLOGI3B.MNU and PTLOGI2B.MNU; either menu
file can be loaded (provided you have already loaded your
mouse driver) by using MENU.COM.
What's the difference between PTLOGI3B.* and PTLOGI2B.*?
The former is for a three-button mouse, and the latter is for
a two-button mouse, although both can be used with a three-
button Logitech mouse. With very little effort, you should be
able to use the PTLOGI2B.DEF file to make a menu file for a
Microsoft mouse or a mouse which emulates either the Logitech
or the Microsoft mouse -- for more details, consult your
mouse manual.
Both PTLOGI3B.* and PTLOGI2B.* translate horizontal mouse
movements into horizontal cursor movements, and vertical
mouse movements into vertical cursor movements.
PTLOGI3B.* translates a press of the LEFT mouse key into
function key F1 (set endpoint), a press of the MIDDLE mouse
key into function key F2 (change control point), a press of
the RIGHT mouse key into function key F3 (set curve), and a
simultaneous press of ANY TWO OR ALL THREE mouse keys into
ESC (back out of the current operation).
PTLOGI2B.* translates a press of the LEFT mouse key into
function key F1 (set endpoint), a press of the RIGHT mouse
key into function key F2 (change control point), and (on a
two-button mouse) a simultaneous press of BOTH mouse keys
into function key F3 (set curve) or (on a three-button mouse)
a press of the MIDDLE mouse key into function key F3 (set
curve).



  3 Responses to “Category : Printer + Display Graphics
Archive   : PICTHIS.ZIP
Filename : PTMOUSE.TXT

  1. Very nice! Thank you for this wonderful archive. I wonder why I found it only now. Long live the BBS file archives!

  2. This is so awesome! 😀 I’d be cool if you could download an entire archive of this at once, though.

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