From owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Feb 28 23:08:19 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A6E0616A53C for ; Mon, 28 Feb 2005 23:08:19 +0000 (GMT) Received: from mail28.sea5.speakeasy.net (mail28.sea5.speakeasy.net [69.17.117.30]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E5C5843D60 for ; Mon, 28 Feb 2005 23:08:18 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from jhb@FreeBSD.org) Received: (qmail 11682 invoked from network); 28 Feb 2005 23:08:18 -0000 Received: from server.baldwin.cx ([216.27.160.63]) (envelope-sender )AES256-SHA encrypted SMTP for ; 28 Feb 2005 23:08:18 -0000 Received: from [10.50.40.202] (gw1.twc.weather.com [216.133.140.1]) (authenticated bits=0) by server.baldwin.cx (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id j1SN84OD066576; Mon, 28 Feb 2005 18:08:12 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from jhb@FreeBSD.org) From: John Baldwin To: freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.org Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2005 17:53:03 -0500 User-Agent: KMail/1.6.2 References: <4223788C.9060908@attglobal.net> <86hdjw1hfb.fsf@xps.des.no> <20050228223126.GL73162@wantadilla.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <20050228223126.GL73162@wantadilla.lemis.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <200502281753.03906.jhb@FreeBSD.org> X-Spam-Status: No, score=-102.8 required=4.2 tests=ALL_TRUSTED, USER_IN_WHITELIST autolearn=failed version=3.0.2 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.0.2 (2004-11-16) on server.baldwin.cx cc: Greg 'groggy' Lehey cc: Dag-Erling =?iso-8859-1?q?Sm=F8rgrav?= cc: chat@FreeBSD.org cc: David Scheidt Subject: Re: 3 button mouse X-BeenThere: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Non technical items related to the community List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2005 23:08:19 -0000 On Monday 28 February 2005 05:31 pm, Greg 'groggy' Lehey wrote: > On Monday, 28 February 2005 at 22:52:08 +0100, Dag-Erling Smrgrav wrote: > > David Scheidt writes: > >> I need a three button mouse. Just three buttons, no wheel, no bells, > >> no whistles. I can't find one, as everything has a silly wheel. I'm > >> not picky about interface (PS/2, USB, serial, or Bluetooth will work), > >> or balls v. optical. Does anyone still sell these things? > > > > what do you have against mouse wheels? they are very useful in X, > > and also function as a middle button. > > Let me count the ways... > > 1. Few FreeBSD applications support the wheel out of the box, so it's > not much use. KDE supports it out of the box. Just add '-3 -z 4' to your moused flags and make sure X thinks the mouse has 5 buttons and you are good to go. Konqueror, konsole, etc. all have wheel support. I think for my current USB trackball I basically just plugged it in and it all worked immediately. -- John Baldwin <>< http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/ "Power Users Use the Power to Serve" = http://www.FreeBSD.org