Deprecated mouse functions

[David Vaughan]

Scott Raney wrote:

Yes.  The full list of functions to avoid because they are deprecated is:
the mouse
the mouseClick
the mouseH
the mouseV
the mouseLoc
the optionKey
the commandKey
the controlKey
<snip>
... as of engine version 2.4.2, the last three are also now done 
asynchronously and so won't be a problem anymore.  And they've always 
been safe to use a single time in a "mouseDown" or "mouseUp" handler.  
It's getting them in a repeat loop that will potentially cause problems.

and Sivakatirswami wrote:

For the untutored, an addition to documentation with the "not so long 
list
of deprecated" commands with the corresponding "right way to do it." 
would
be a wonderful addition.

It is good to receive Scott's list which I have not seen published 
before, even including the newly un-deprecated (precated? apprecated?) 
key functions, but I also strongly support Siva's view. I think it an 
important part of the documentation that deprecated functions be 
mentioned as such in the Transcript Dictionary, and a reference given to 
possible alternatives. At present, the "See also" in the Dictionary 
entry for the deprecated mouseLoc makes no reference at all to the 
preferred mouseMove, nor does that for mouseH refer to mousemoveH, so 
how is anyone not already familiar with the language supposed to find 
the preferred functions, especially if they come from xTalk and are 
already comfortable with the wrong ways?

Jeanne...................

regards
David
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