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- From: saunders@luther.che.wisc.edu (Brian E. Saunders)
- Subject: Re: Logitech 3-button mouse with MacX
- Organization: University of Wisconsin - Madison
- Date: 15 Dec 92 12:30:18 CST
- Message-ID: <1992Dec15.123018.18118@doug.cae.wisc.edu>
- Keywords: macx x windows 3-button mouse logitech
- References: <BzB5EH.2BG@news.cso.uiuc.edu> <1gl27jINN6i1@early-bird.think.com>
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- In article <1gl27jINN6i1@early-bird.think.com> ephraim@think.com (Ephraim Vishniac) writes:
- >In article <BzB5EH.2BG@news.cso.uiuc.edu> stankerr@uiuc.edu writes:
- >
- >>There are a few 3-button mice on the market that are purported to
- >>work with MacX. I just got a Logitech MouseMan and would like to offer
- >>my comments and solicit suggestions.
- >
- >I just got the Logitech mouse and, although the manual explains how to
- >use it with MacX, I was instantly disappointed. Turns out that if you
- >set the buttons to anything but a normal click, additional modifier
- >keys are ignored. Suppose I want to change my VT options in xterm,
- >that's control-middle to drop the menu. But the Logitech software
- >ignores the control key, so I have to go back to MacX's keyboard
- >equivalents which require three hands for this operation. (Left hand
- >for the control key, middle hand for the arrow key, and right hand to
- >manipulate the mouse and make the menu selection.)
- >
- >I called Logitech technical support about this, and they claimed it
- >will be fixed in a future version of the software. They would not give
- >a date.
-
- So, this is a Logitech problem. I wondered.... Yes, this is annoying,
- but luckily I don't have to use the control-click all that much.
-
- Unfortunately, I have small hands, and the larger, supposedly-ergonomic
- Mouseman was a bit too big for me, which led to me developing carpal-tunnel
- syndrome in my right hand. If you have big hands, this is probably nothing
- to worry about, but if you have small hands, I'd be careful about how you
- held you hand over the mouse while it is in resting position.
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- Brian E. Saunders saunders@luther.che.wisc.edu
-