Dumb question: middle vs right buttons on 3 button mouse

Stephan Rudlof sr at evolgo.de
Fri Jul 7 16:44:31 UTC 2000


Ned Konz wrote:
> 
> Bert Freudenberg wrote:
> >
> > On Fri, 7 Jul 2000, Ned Konz wrote:
> >
> > > Bert Freudenberg wrote:
> > > >
> > > > On Thu, 6 Jul 2000, Ned Konz wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > I've noticed that Squeak interprets my mouse buttons differently
> > > > > on Win32 vs. Linux (same machine and mouse).
> > > >
> > > > You need to switch on 3-button-mouse-mapping in the Windows menu.
> > >
> > > I don't see it there. I have looked in the "windows" menu as well
> > > as the "help/edit preferences/windows" menu.
> >
> > I meant the "MS Windows" window menu - click the top left button of the
> > Squeak Window title bar, you get a menu, at the bottom there is a
> > preferences entry.
> 
> But it works right under Windows. It's Linux that it doesn't work right
> in. And there's no corresponding windows menu choice that I can see.
> 
> Any suggestions?

Look into/howToDo the X-Window configuration of your Linux distribution.
Probably you can choose the mouse type there (2-button versus 3-button,
etc.).

Stephan

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