Date: Sun, 23 Apr 2000 21:18:54 -0700 From: Kent Stewart <kstewart@3-cities.com> To: Danny <dannyh@idx.com.au> Cc: Otter <otter@otter.cc>, FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Microsoft Intelimouse 3rd Button Message-ID: <3903CB2E.E9463C41@3-cities.com> References: <39034294.F87F0DF0@3-cities.com> <00042514002001.00342@freebsd.freebsd.org>
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Danny wrote: > > And from the KDE applications you can't paste to netscape and Applixware. > This is very annoying when people are trying to send you a URL or some sample > code you want to copy form kedit to applixware. I have one of the Logictec First Mouse on my other FreeBSD machine and it cuts and pastes just fine. It is a real three button mouse. I can copy URL's into the location strip on KDE. It was on the other computer that I didn't have three button, or at least I thought I didn't have three buttons, until I pushed the wheel down. I just copied a URL and pasted it with the Intelimouse. Kent > > On Mon, 24 Apr 2000, Kent Stewart wrote: > > Otter wrote: > > > > > > Kent Stewart wrote: > > > > > > > > I have been frustrated on my multi-boot system because of the > > > > perceived lack of a 3rd button. Then I went into XF86Setup to look at > > > > my mouse settings. There I found that by pushing the wheel down I have > > > > my 3rd button. > > > > -- > > > > Kent Stewart > > > > Richland, WA > > > > > > > > > > Kent, > > > FYI: Should you ever get another mouse or your up/down stops working, > > > you can do "3 button emulation" by pressing left and right together > > > (and configurig in xf86config). By the way, thanks for the tip on > > > pushing the wheel. i've been "dual clicking" for quite a while now. I > > > have the Logitech w/ a wheel. > > > > Hi Otter, > > > > I'm glad the tip was useful. I use KDE and found that the combo of > > pressing the left and right button together to paste didn't work. I > > figure there wasn't something I could do but it hadn't reached the > > really irritating point. There are only so many things that you can > > discover in a day and the mouse problem never seemed to reach that > > point. Then, one day I was in the process of making one of my Windows > > 2000 Pro machines also boot FreeBSD. There were parameters that I > > needed to copy from a configuration file on one system to another and > > the third button problem finally became irritating enough that I > > stopped to deal with it. > > > > I've always used XF86Setup instead of xf86config. So, I ran XF86Setup > > from a KDE terminal window to see about using 3rd button simulation > > and accidentally found I had a 3rd button. I think what really > > surprised me was that the wheel acted like a button. The mouse > > pictured in XF86Setup had three buttons and I am still surprised that > > I pushed the wheel down to test it but I did and it worked. That was > > the biggest "WOW" of the day. I hadn't seen any comments on the wheel > > acting like a button and thought that one in the archives might save > > someone some frustration. Why simulate the third button when you > > already have one. It is good to see that the Logitech also works the > > same way. > > > > At any rate, pressing the wheel down always pasted what I had > > selected. That made cross machine editing much easier :). Later, I > > started cross nfs_mounting any important file system. I could use the > > default KDE editor, which is much more compatible with x-windows than > > vi is, and it wouldn't have mattered so much. There are files that you > > can't click with KDE and have them pop up in an editor window. The > > need to use vi would have been reduced and the 3rd button may never > > have been irritating enough to check on the configuration. > > > > Cheers, > > > > Kent > > > > -- > > Kent Stewart > > Richland, WA > > > > mailto:kstewart@3-cities.com > > http://www.3-cities.com/~kstewart/index.html > > FreeBSD News http://daily.daemonnews.org/ > > > > SETI(Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence) @ HOME > > http://setiathome.ssl.berkeley.edu/ > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > -- -- Kent Stewart Richland, WA mailto:kstewart@3-cities.com http://www.3-cities.com/~kstewart/index.html FreeBSD News http://daily.daemonnews.org/ SETI(Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence) @ HOME http://setiathome.ssl.berkeley.edu/ Hunting Archibald Stewart, b 1802 in Ballymena, Antrim Co., NIR http://www.3-cities.com/~kstewart/genealogy/archibald_stewart.html To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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