Thank you.
As I rethink about this I would say it is a bug.

I install the Windows version and the Linux version of a platform
independent system. As I move with my data file (the image) from
Windows to Linux the behaviour of the right mouse button changes. I
learn from Chris that it has been like this for years. I had not
realised this as I had been been using mainly MSWindows in the past.

What can be done about it?

One thing could be to do as well a one-click image for Squeak 4.1
where the preferences are pre-set correctly.

Hannes

P.S. I do not see a category for the VM on mantis
http://bugs.squeak.org/main_page.php
And http://www.squeakvm.org/index.html has no bug reporting facility.

On 4/16/10, Bert Freudenberg <bert at freudenbergs.de> wrote:
> On 16.04.2010, at 22:18, Hannes Hirzel wrote:
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>> How is it done? With a flag on the command line?
>>
>> HH
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> In Windows it's an ini option.
> In Linux, a command line option.
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> - Bert -
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>> On 4/16/10, Bert Freudenberg <bert at freudenbergs.de> wrote:
>>> You can configure both Windows and Linux VMs to both behaviors. No need
>>> to
>>> change the image.
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>>> - Bert -
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>>> On 16.04.2010, at 22:04, Chris Muller wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Yes, Linux has been opposite the Windows VM for years; very annoying.
>>>> Back when I was doing a lot of switching back and forth between
>>>> Windows and Linux, I actually kept the "toggleMouseButtons" preference
>>>> directly on the desktop in my images..
>>>>
>>>> On Fri, Apr 16, 2010 at 1:25 AM, Hannes Hirzel <hannes.hirzel at gmail.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>> Hello
>>>>>
>>>>> I downloaded Squeak for Unix (in my case Ubuntu 9.10) from
>>>>> http://ftp.squeak.org/4.1/unix-linux/
>>>>>
>>>>> Right out of the box the right mouse button brings up the halo.
>>>>>
>>>>> You need to go to the menu 'Tools' / 'Preferences', then search for
>>>>> 'mouse'.
>>>>>
>>>>> Then check 'swapMouseButtons'  as 'enabled'.
>>>>>
>>>>> Otherwise the UI experience is  fine.
>>>>>
>>>>> Hannes
>>>>>
>>>>>
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