Re: 3 button emulations under X

[Laurent de Segur <ldesegur@mac.com>]

Hi David,

This option is available under the new input layer (2.2.18 and up on the mac
I believe.)

All I needed to do to get things to work was :

>echo "1" >/proc/sys/dev/mac_hid/mouse_button_emulation
>echo "97" >/proc/sys/dev/mac_hid/mouse_button2_keycode
>echo "100" >/proc/sys/dev/mac_hid/mouse_button3_keycode

and try it out. 

Note: keycode values may vary depending on the keyboard you are using. I own
an external extended keyboard. Here the button 2 corresponds to right option
key and button 3 corresponds to right control key.

To make things more permanent after I was happy with this configuration, I
added 3 lines to my /etc/sysctl.conf file :


dev.mac_hid.mouse_button_emulation=1
dev.mac_hid.mouse_button2_keycode=97
dev.mac_hid.mouse_button3_keycode=100

then :

>sysctl -p /etc/sysctl.conf

to make the changes effective.



One last word: do yourself a favor and buy a 3-button mouse. The real thing
is way easier to handle.

Cheers,


Laurent 

> From: David Howe <david@ptvproductions.com.au>
> Date: Fri, 28 Sep 2001 21:45:37 +1000
> To: Linux PPC <debian-powerpc@lists.debian.org>
> Subject: 3 button emulations under X
> Resent-From: debian-powerpc@lists.debian.org
> 
> Hi Folks
> 
> I read somewhere that I can map my keyboard buttons to emulate buttons 2
> & 3 for my adb mouse.
> 
> Can someone help me out?
> 
> thanks in advance
> 
> david
> 
> 
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