From: hlu@poly2.eecs.wsu.edu (H.J. Lu) Subject: Re: Which 3 button mice DO work with X11 ? Date: 14 Sep 1992 22:40:10 GMT
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.