On Wed, Dec 17, 2003 at 06:07:19PM -0500, Derrick 'dman' Hudson wrote: > On Wed, Dec 17, 2003 at 05:20:06PM +0200, Micha Feigin wrote: > | On Wed, Dec 17, 2003 at 01:14:21AM -0500, Derrick 'dman' Hudson wrote: > | > On Tue, Dec 16, 2003 at 10:23:31PM +0200, Micha Feigin wrote: > | > | On Tue, Dec 16, 2003 at 12:41:05PM -0500, Derrick 'dman' Hudson wrote: > | > | > On Mon, Dec 15, 2003 at 06:07:00PM -0800, Paul Johnson wrote: > | > | > [...] > | > | > | gpm is a massive pain in the ass to deal with, > | > | > > | > | > Care to explain? (I disagree, gpm is a piece of cake) > | > | > | > | It does have problems with handling more then one mouse when they use > | > | different protocols > | > > | > Ok, yeah, the repeating doesn't work in that situation. > | > > | > | and it can't emulate three buttons. > | > > | > It does. Admittedly the timing is sensitive on the laptop's touchpad > | > at work, but it does let both be the middle button for paste. > | > | How did you accomplish that? Last time I checked it was at most a > | wishlist item unless I missed something and its actually on my wishlist > | ;-) > > Hmm. Well, I have gpm 1.19.6-12.1 and my gpm.conf has the following > non-comments : > repeat_type=raw > device=/dev/misc/psaux > type=ps2 > responsiveness= > append="" > sample_rate= > > Using "middle click" (both buttons) on the touch pad is a bit tricky > and sometimes takes several tries to get the timing right. I found > that touching the right button momentarily sooner than the left > button. The best technique is a quick roll from right-to-left over > the buttons. Perhaps with the right timing I just got lucky enough > for it to work? :-) I just kind of assumed 3-button emulation > because I rather expect that on a PC-based UNIX system. >
What about if you only use the right button? AFAIK gpm maps the right button to the paste (middle button in X) action. At list thats what it does with autops2 iirc. > -D > > -- > Love is not affectionate feeling, but a steady wish for the loved > person's ultimate good as far as it can be obtained. > --C.S. Lewis > > www: http://dman13.dyndns.org/~dman/ jabber: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
