The Windows drivers for Microsoft Intellimouse Explorer mice supports a feature which could be described as "mouse wheel acceleration". The user can configure a minimum speed for mouse wheel scrolling plus an accleration (much like ordinary mouse pointer movements is configured today). This allows for minute control of scrolling when the mouse wheel is moved slowly and very fast scrolling if the mouse wheel is turned rapidly. Once you have grown accustomed to this behaviour it is really addicting. :) I think it would be extremly nice if this feature was implemented somewhere in the X server (preferably for generic wheel mice and not only for Intellimice). The reason for placing the enhancement request on xset is simply that the xset application would be the natural place for configuring this kind of feature. :)
true, this very addictive. it should be a very good idea to implement this in th X. I've been searching for that for a long time.
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Moving to input driver, since the driver has to provide this functionality. Once that's done, configuration today would probably be via an input device property that could be set by xinput or xset.
Using the pointer acceleration server API (ptrveloc.h) it would be quite easy to do in a driver. I just don't have the time to do it.
Mass closure: This bug has been untouched for more than six years, and is not obviously still valid. Please reopen this bug or file a new report if you continue to experience issues with current releases.
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