Re: [SLUG] Newfangled mice and Xfree

[CaT <cat@nospam.zip.com.au>]

On Wed, Dec 01, 1999 at 01:28:26PM +1100, Charlie Brady wrote:
> 
> I've got a couple of new, unfancy, inexpensive mice which work fine using
> "gpm -t ms" - so GPM treats it as a 3-button Microsoft mouse. But I can't
> get the middle button to work with Xfree.
> 
> I notice that gpm can be used to relay mouse events to the X server. Does
> anyone use that feature? How well does it work? Any other advice?

I use it. works great. And since I got a mouse that doesn't use a spastic
ms protocol, the third mouse button works just fine.

While I was using spazzo mouse the mid mouse button worked some
times but it stuck alot and was a pain to use (stuck s/w wise, not
physically).

> 
> [I've tried the Emulate3Buttons and ChordMiddle options.]
> 
> Charlie Brady
> Aurema Pty Ltd
>  PO Box 305, Strawberry Hills, NSW 2012, Australia
> Email:charlieb@nospam.aurema.com, Tel: +61 2 9698 2322, Fax: +61 2 9699 9174
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