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Re: X Numpad mouse emulation



* Erik Steffl (steffl@bigfoot.com) [010716 00:53]:
> Ari Pollak wrote:
> > 
> > Hi, I've been looking around for this answer for a while, but I can't
> > find docs anywhere that show what I'm looking for.
> > I know there's a keystroke combination to get X to make the numpad act
> > like a makeshift pointer/mouse, but I can't figure out what that combo
> > is.
> > Unfortunately I keep hitting that combination by accident, and the
> > only way I can re-set the numpad to act normal again is by restarting X.
> 
>   it's somewhere in the X docs, I've read it recemtly, can't remember
> where exactly. The keyboard combination is: ctrl-shift-numlock (it
> should beep), it's a toggle so you can switch to keyboard mouse and back
> to normal mouse.
> 
>   use xev to figure out how the numeric pad works (5 - click, 0 - down,
> . - release; /*- select the button for these actions, 12346789 move
> pointer)
> 
> 	erik
> 
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Actually, by default, I believe it's just Shift-NumLock.

Vineet

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