From owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Mar 1 09:10:15 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 8390016A4CE; Tue, 1 Mar 2005 09:10:15 +0000 (GMT) Received: from bgo1smout1.broadpark.no (bgo1smout1.broadpark.no [217.13.4.94]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B8EAC43D31; Tue, 1 Mar 2005 09:10:14 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from des@des.no) Received: from bgo1sminn1.broadpark.no ([217.13.4.93]) by bgo1smout1.broadpark.no (Sun Java System Messaging Server 6.1 HotFix 0.05 (built Oct 21 2004)) with ESMTP id <0ICO00I9217ZIB80@bgo1smout1.broadpark.no>; Tue, 01 Mar 2005 10:04:47 +0100 (CET) Received: from dsa.des.no ([80.203.228.37]) by bgo1sminn1.broadpark.no (Sun Java System Messaging Server 6.1 HotFix 0.05 (built Oct 21 2004)) with ESMTP id <0ICO00M5D1KEJ6A0@bgo1sminn1.broadpark.no>; Tue, 01 Mar 2005 10:12:14 +0100 (CET) Received: by dsa.des.no (Pony Express, from userid 666) id 3089E4536D; Tue, 01 Mar 2005 10:10:09 +0100 (CET) Received: from xps.des.no (xps.des.no [10.0.0.12]) by dsa.des.no (Pony Express) with ESMTP id 5346245347; Tue, 01 Mar 2005 10:09:50 +0100 (CET) Received: by xps.des.no (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 3D5AB33C3E; Tue, 01 Mar 2005 10:09:50 +0100 (CET) Date: Tue, 01 Mar 2005 10:09:50 +0100 From: des@des.no (=?iso-8859-1?q?Dag-Erling_Sm=F8rgrav?=) In-reply-to: <20050228223126.GL73162@wantadilla.lemis.com> To: Greg 'groggy' Lehey Message-id: <861xazohpd.fsf@xps.des.no> MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.0.1 (2004-10-22) on dsa.des.no References: <4223788C.9060908@attglobal.net> <86hdjw1hfb.fsf@xps.des.no> <20050228223126.GL73162@wantadilla.lemis.com> User-Agent: Gnus/5.110002 (No Gnus v0.2) Emacs/21.3 (berkeley-unix) X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.8 required=5.0 tests=ALL_TRUSTED autolearn=disabled version=3.0.1 X-Spam-Level: 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: Tue, 01 Mar 2005 09:10:15 -0000 Greg 'groggy' Lehey writes: > 1. Few FreeBSD applications support the wheel out of the box, so it's > not much use. Most X applications support wheel scrolling out of the box if moused and X are configured properly. This includes xterm, emacs, gimp, and all browsers I've tried, as well as all GTK and Qt applications (read gnome and kde). > 2. Setup is non-trivial. Every mouse seems to have its own protocol, > and I have a number here which I can't enable. I've never had a mouse that moused couldn't autodetect. As for enabling the wheel, just add '-z 4' to moused's command line and 'Option "Buttons" "5"' to the appropriate InputDevice section in xorg.conf. I have to admit that I don't use the middle button much (Shift-Ins and Ctrl-V are far more convenient), but I use the wheel a lot. DES --=20 Dag-Erling Sm=F8rgrav - des@des.no