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- From: hlu@poly2.eecs.wsu.edu (H.J. Lu)
- Subject: Re: Which 3 button mice DO work with X11 ?
- Message-ID: <1992Sep14.224010.711@serval.net.wsu.edu>
- Sender: hlu@poly2 (H.J. Lu)
- Organization: Washington State University
- References: <1992Sep14.132823.8853@informatik.uni-wuerzburg.de> <HEIM.92Sep14184643@sally.peanuts.informatik.uni-tuebingen.de>
- Date: Mon, 14 Sep 92 22:40:10 GMT
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- In article <HEIM.92Sep14184643@sally.peanuts.informatik.uni-tuebingen.de>, heim@peanuts.informatik.uni-tuebingen.de (Gerald Heim) writes:
- |>
- |> Hi Netters
- |>
- |> Any Moussystems compatible 3-button mouse does work with X.
- |> Except the expensive ones. Why? They have no switch to
- |> choose between ms-compatble 2-button mode to 3-button mode, but
- |> do this by software (msdos-software, of course), normally
- |> their standard-mode is ms (of course). Some friends of mine
- |> have this Problem (3 Buttons, but can only use 2 of them).
- |>
-
- You just have to know how to program it :-). My trick works fine with my
- no-switch Moussystems compatible 3-button mouse. Drop me a note if you
- are interested.
-
- |> So my Tip:
- |> - Only buy a 3-button mouse if it has a switch!
- |> - Don't spend more than $20.
- |>
- |> gjh
- |>
-
- Yes. Don't spend more than $10.
-
- |>
-
- H.J.
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