It could be done in linux with some hacking ability. May be difficult if
you have an actual USB mouse though.

William Chops Westfield wrote:
> On Monday, Jun 14, 2004, at 15:13 US/Pacific, Matthew Brush wrote:
>
>> As for the moving of the mouse, I was thinking about
>> just not using a mouse in the program or something
>
>
> Unfortunately, most of the mouse is handled by the OS, rather than the
> program itself...
>
>>
>> But you're all right, my idea was stupid, and I just
>> save up some cash and do things properly.
>>
> I didn't think your idea was 'stupid'; I thought it was really clever.
> With modern multi-button mice as an example, you can probably send
> several bits of info at a time...), probably much more easily than
> interfacing to the wheels and fiddling with the position logic.
> Unfortunately, it was one of those ideas that got more complicated the
> longer I looked at it. :-(
>
> The "OS" vs "Application" problem seems endemic to USB, rather than
> particular to your scheme.  Thus the annoying necessity of having a
> driver as well as an application, and the attractiveness of hacks like
> the FTDI parts or making everything look like a HID.
>
> BillW
>
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