[MiNT] [Q] About /dev/mouse usage

[Patrice Mandin <mandin.patrice@wanadoo.fr>]

Hello,

I am trying to add support for /dev/mouse device to SDL under MiNT, to
avoid using XBIOS (or IKBD) to read relative mouse motion events.

I noticed that when the device is opened, the AES has its mouse
cursor blocked (i.e. can not move it anymore). Is it a normal/known
behaviour? 

Is mouse device reading blocking or non-blocking when not enough bytes
are present in buffer? My guess is 'blocking', but I set it to
non-blocking, just to be sure.

And what is the use for moose device? Is it only for xaaes?

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Patrice Mandin
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Programmeur Linux, Atari
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