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Date:      Wed, 24 Mar 2004 18:26:54 +0000
From:      Matthew Seaman <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk>
To:        Jerry McAllister <jerrymc@clunix.cl.msu.edu>
Cc:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Can console emulate 3 button mouse
Message-ID:  <20040324182654.GB68070@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk>
In-Reply-To: <200403241611.i2OGBdo24185@clunix.cl.msu.edu>
References:  <200403241611.i2OGBdo24185@clunix.cl.msu.edu>

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On Wed, Mar 24, 2004 at 11:11:39AM -0500, Jerry McAllister wrote:

> Now I have a fast new machine with FreeBSD 4.9, but the mouse
> 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.
> Actually I have two machines, different models, same vendor (Dell)
> with two button mouses that won't paste.

[...]

> 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.

Just stick:

    moused_flags=3D"-3"

into /etc/rc.conf

	Cheers,

	Matthew

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