[TriLUG] copy & paste

[Ben Pitzer]

This only works if you have the following line in your mouse config in your
xf86config file:

Section "InputDevice"
        Identifier      "Configured Mouse"
        Driver          "mouse"
        Option          "CorePointer"
        Option          "Device"                "/dev/psaux"
        Option          "Protocol"              "PS/2"
 >>>>>  Option          "Emulate3Buttons"       "true"  <<<<<<
        Option          "ZAxisMapping"          "4 5"
EndSection

Otherwise, you do not get third button emulation by clicking the right and
left buttons simultaneously.  This is a good thing to have configured if you
have a two button mouse, and may be necessary if your X config doesn't
recognize what it's getting from your three button mouse connected through a
KVM device.  RH never seemed to have an issue with it, though, but some
distros have at time, apparently (yes, Debian, sad as I am to say it).

Regards,
Ben Pitzer

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trilug-bounces at trilug.org wrote:
> Dan Monjar wrote:
>
>> --On Tuesday, September 16, 2003 09:43:25 AM -0500 Owen Berry
>> <trilugbucket at berrybunch.net> wrote:
>>
>>> * Hi-light text to copy, middle click to paste also works
>>
>>
>> That is the main reason I have a three button mouse...
>
> I thought the main reason (for most people) for a three button mouse
> was for scrolling.  If you dont have a 3 button you can press right
> and left button at the same time to get the same effect.
> --cgb
>
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