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From: giles@nemeton.com.au (Giles Lean)
Subject: Re: 3 button mice for X11
Organization: Nemeton Pty. Ltd.
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References: <4ocfvr$rm6@linet06.li.net> <4od30e$i9k@uriah.heep.sax.de>
Date: Tue, 28 May 1996 10:07:15 GMT
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j@uriah.heep.sax.de (J Wunsch) writes:

>Unfortunately, i don't think the XFree86 servers do support swapping
>mouse buttons 1 and 3.  This seems to be a useful extension, and i'm
>sure they will integrate it if you provide a patch.

You can remap the buttons via xmodmap.  I use the following to make
my two button mouse usable.

	pointer = 1 3 2

My two button mouse is nicer than the cheapo three button mice I
see around, and I don't know what the right button is for anyway. :-)

Giles
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