On Thu, 19 Jan 2006 19:54:43 +0100 Christian Walther <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On 19/01/06, Mike Hernandez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Thu, Jan 19, 2006 at 09:32:53AM +0100, J. Erik Heinz wrote: > > > Daniel Kasak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> words > > > on 19.01.2006 - 12:16 (+1100 Zulu-Time): > > > > [...] > > The only truly annoying thing about using E on a > > powerbook is the fact that there's just one button (if you don't > > have a mouse with you). For that reason I use icewm with XDarwin to > > make my life easier. I see no reason to install linux on a > > powerbook but I guess that's just a matter of personal preference :) > > There is a package called "MouseEmu" available for many distributions, > including Debian and, as far as I can trust the results provided by > Google, Gentoo. Mouseemu requires the kernel to be compiled with "User > level driver support". If you're oin a PowerBook, you can assign a key > to MouseEmu that makes any move on the trackpad to be interpreted as a > mouse scrollweel. > I used MouseEmu to emulate a 2nd and 3rd button. > Als an alternative one can compile a decent kernel with "Support for > mouse button 2+3 emulation", to be found in the "Macintosh device > driver"-section. This provides three files in /proc/sys/dev/mac_hid/ > that can be used to enable/disable emulation, and to configure the > keyboard scancode used for both buttons. > After I got used to this method I rather liked it. Or you could just plug in a 3 button mouse with a scroll wheel.
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