Re: [OT] change middle mouse button to side button

["Mumia W.." <paduille.4061.mumia.w+nospam@earthlink.net>]

On 08/07/2008 08:03 AM, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote:
> Hi,
>
> In IW keeping the middlemousebutton pressed centers the scroll position 
> on the location of the middle click.
>
> Fine.
>
> But my mouse uses a press of the second wheel as middlemouse button.
>
> That is complicated and I want to use instead the side button.
>
> How do I do that?
> [...]

Use gpm; it can remap the mouse buttons; this is from "man gpm"

>        -B sequence
>               Set the button sequence. ‘123’ is the normal sequence, ‘321’ can
>               be used by left-handed people, and ‘132’ can be useful with two-
>               button  mice  (especially within Emacs). All the button permuta‐
>               tions are allowable.

HTH