Hey , I wonder how I could use C/C++ to capture movement of a mouse on Linux screen | Newbie | | Join Date: Oct 2008
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Hello,
I wonder whether how MouseListener can be used to capture a mouse movement on LiNux screen .
Thanks in Advance
L
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| | | re: Hey , I wonder how I could use C/C++ to capture movement of a mouse on Linux screen
You have posted this question in four forums now three of them for different languages. Do you want to do this using all those languages or are you trying to spam the forums with the same question?
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hey r035198x,
no, I have no such intention. T T in fact , i'm still searching for the best language i should use to do this task since i really have no knowledge on this. And I'm not sure which forum I should post this to.
L.
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| | | re: Hey , I wonder how I could use C/C++ to capture movement of a mouse on Linux screen
Forget about C# then. Why do you want to track the mouse movements?
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| | | re: Hey , I wonder how I could use C/C++ to capture movement of a mouse on Linux screen
I need to keep the data on mouse to analyze..
Could u reply via an email instead?
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| | | re: Hey , I wonder how I could use C/C++ to capture movement of a mouse on Linux screen
What do you need this data for? Analyze for what?
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| | | re: Hey , I wonder how I could use C/C++ to capture movement of a mouse on Linux screen
umm I need to see whether a mouse movement and action (mouse event) has anything to do with a person psychologically..
actually i need one on mac os as well
so what i need is just a log of mouse event or something like that.. just a tracker .. that's all
are there different ways of getting mouse event for different purposes?
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| | | re: Hey , I wonder how I could use C/C++ to capture movement of a mouse on Linux screen
It sounds like what you are trying to do would require you to write a new mouse driver. You should search the internet on how to write or replace a new driver and see if it is something that you would want to do.
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| | | re: Hey , I wonder how I could use C/C++ to capture movement of a mouse on Linux screen
Thanks RedSon!
I'll search for that...
but, I'm still opened for more suggestion..
I wonder about pros and cons on different methods.. or whether any other existing methods exist.. do u have any idea?
Thanks
L
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| | | re: Hey , I wonder how I could use C/C++ to capture movement of a mouse on Linux screen
The only method that I can think of is writing a new mouse driver. You can tell where the mouse is in your own window in your application but when you application loses focus you don't get that information anymore. I don't know how it would work for other OSs
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| | | re: Hey , I wonder how I could use C/C++ to capture movement of a mouse on Linux screen
Since this thread is also posted in the Java forum: have a look at the Robot class.
kind regards,
Jos
| | Newbie | | Join Date: Oct 2008
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| | | re: Hey , I wonder how I could use C/C++ to capture movement of a mouse on Linux screen
thanks for advices ..
somehow, i will move to other things and come back to this later though.. for now
L
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