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Re: gpm for left-handed people



begin  Eric Van Buggenhaut quotation:

> Due to length of cable, I had to move my mouse to the left part of
> my desk. It doesn't matter since I'm left-handed anyway.
> 
> Problems are :
> 
> 1) I can't find a way of configuring the left/right position of the
> mouse on a per-user basis, IOW the config is always system-wide.

In X, you can use xmodmap's "pointer" keyword to remap the buttons.
For example:

$ xmodmap -e "pointer = 3 2 1"

should configure the buttons correctly for a left-handed user.

(If your mouse has a wheel, you may need to do use "pointer = 3 2 1 4 5".)

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