----- Original Message -----
From: Murray Strome <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: LINUX Newbie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, August 18, 1999 3:34 PM
Subject: [newbie] 3-button mouse
> Thanks to several people on the list I was able to solve a KDE problem.
> Now I wonder if someone can help me to get my three button mouse to work
> properly. (It operates as a two button mouse now). When I did
> 'mouseconfig', it detected my serial mouse on COM1. However, I had to
> select which one to use.
>
> My mouse is a Matsonic Model No. ADO-101. Not knowing what to choose
> from the table, I picked 3-button generic (serial). I did not select
> "Emulate 3 button mouse" on first try, but did later. Both selections
> resulted in the mouse acting as a simple two button mouse (the centre
> button does not work, nor does pushing both buttons at once).
>
> Murray Strome
>
The generic selection should work for most mouses. You should never select
'Emulate 3 button mouse" when you have 3 buttons. Unlike Windows, the
middle/third button is not for double-clicking. In linux, when you
highlight text, it is automatically copied. The middle/third button is used
to paste that text. It takes a little getting used to when you are
accustomed to the double-clicking function.
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