any suggestions for linux compatible laptop projector remote?

Marcus Brubaker marcus.brubaker-H217xnMUJC0sA/PxXw9srA at public.gmane.org
Fri Aug 5 18:04:15 UTC 2005


Alex Maynard wrote:

>On Fri, 5 Aug 2005, Marcus Brubaker wrote:
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>>Alex Maynard wrote:
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>>>On Fri, 5 Aug 2005, Evan Leibovitch wrote:
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>>>>Alex Maynard wrote:
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>>>>Many modern pointers just look to the system like a USB mouse, so as
>>>>long as your X Windows setup can work with a USB mouse you should be
>>>>fine with *most* of these solutions.
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>>>>I don't know the Targus but I've had good luck with the Gyration mouse
>>>>(expensive, but you can move the pointer just by waving your hand around).
>>>>http://www.gyration.com/ultrapro.htm
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>>>I tried running through my slides with just a mouse (pdfs created with
>>>latex and ppower4, which adds bullets). To go to the next bullet/slide
>>>you have to right click and then go down several items, as compared to
>>>just hitting the down arrow or page down key on the key board. That's not
>>>hard, but could be distracting during a presentation. I couldn't tell
>>>whether the Gyration mouse or Targus PAWM001 has the up/down keys or just
>>>the mouse key?
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>>>The local computer store sells only the keyspan presentation remote
>>>PR-US2. The don't say anything about linux, but according to at least one page I found
>>>(http://silas.psfc.mit.edu/tp41setup.html#tth_sEc6.8) they can work on
>>>linux without much trouble.  Also it is advertized to work without
>>>software installation in both MAC and recent windows version, which might
>>>be a good sign?  Does any one have any experience with these on linux?
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>>That's just a matter of configuring you're PDF reader to do the right
>>thing when you click a mouse button.  Acrobat Reader 7 moves forward on
>>a left click and backward on a right click when used in fullscreen mode
>>which is what MS Powerpoint or OO Impress do.
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>Did you do this using edit/preferences or by altering some type
>of configuration file?  I don't see any options relating to the mouse
>in my acrobat reader.  Maybe I need to update versions? I thought they had
>only a pretty old version for linux. Has that changed now?
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>Thanks very much.
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This is actually default behaviour when you're in full screen mode.  
Adobe released Acrobat Reader 7 for Linux (the same version as for that 
other OS) recently which is much nicer than 5.  I strongly recommend 
upgrading.

Regards,
Marcus
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