Date: Wed, 24 Mar 2004 13:34:10 -0500 (EST) From: Jerry McAllister <jerrymc@clunix.cl.msu.edu> To: m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk (Matthew Seaman) Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Can console emulate 3 button mouse Message-ID: <200403241834.i2OIYB724964@clunix.cl.msu.edu> In-Reply-To: <20040324182654.GB68070@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk> from "Matthew Seaman" at Mar 24, 2004 06:26:54 PM
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> > On Wed, Mar 24, 2004 at 11:11:39AM -0500, Jerry McAllister wrote: > > > is two button. In X it does the emulate 3 button when both > > buttons are pressed just fine. But, that doesn't seem to work > > on the console. It highlights text just fine, but I haven't > > discovered a combination that will get it to write that back out. > > [...] > > > I have done some searching and tried various things that might > > be remotely related, but nothing has helped. > > > See moused(8) -- the first option described is '-3' which enables > emulation of the middle button in exactly the same way as it works > under X. Yup. Got it. I had gotten off on to a wrong search track and needed to start looking for the right thing. Thanks, ////jerry > > Just stick: > > moused_flags=3D"-3" > > into /etc/rc.conf > > Cheers, > > Matthew > > --=20 > Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 26 The Paddocks > Savill Way
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