Date: Fri, 19 May 2017 19:38:14 +0100 From: Ethan Grammatikidis <eekee57@fastmail.fm> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: remapping pointer buttons Message-ID: <1495219094.1488826.982382488.519D524D@webmail.messagingengine.com> In-Reply-To: <1495215787.1476791.982307560.646FF759@webmail.messagingengine.com> References: <1495208248.1449918.982161320.0B87F123@webmail.messagingengine.com> <20170519180758.f3d8d15c.freebsd@edvax.de> <1495215787.1476791.982307560.646FF759@webmail.messagingengine.com>
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On Fri, May 19, 2017, at 06:43 PM, Ethan Grammatikidis wrote: > On Fri, May 19, 2017, at 05:07 PM, Polytropon wrote: > > > > See "man moused", especially the -m option. At least for the OS, > > this is basic functionality which can be configured easily. On X > > it is more complicated of course. ;-) > > thanks! that looks really easy now you've pointed it out... or it will be when i find out where moused is started, which i'm sure i can manage on my own. i like moused's m=n syntax, much less cumbersome than xmodmap or xinput with their lists of numbers. almost! aaaalmost! i added a line to /etc/rc.conf, unplugged and reconnected my usb mouse, and saw my "-m 8=2" in the output of ps. i thought it was great, until i found it doesn't actually work. in x, button 8 is still button 8. i could i try using xorg.conf to just make the same mapping in x, but i'd like to just have one authoritative setting. um... brain's gone blank. i need to set a bigger font for the framebuffer anyway; doing that first. -- Linux? I used ext4 for a few years. In proportion to the time spent using it, I lost as much data to it as I lost to the very worst released version of reiserfs.
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