On 11/18/2012 12:57 PM, Taylor Lilly wrote: > I am running Windows 7 Enterprise SP1 on a Dell Latitude XT2 with an external > Dell 3 button (scroll wheel) optical mouse. I have Cygwin package > "cygwin-1.7.16-1" installed with the packages in the user guide suggested for > Xwin capability and SSH. My intention for use is to SSH to a Ubuntu boxes > and mostly run Xemacs to program. My main problem is not being able to get > the middle click to be recognized in the Xwindows, including xterm local, as > a paste. > > I have tried a different combination of software, namely Xming and Putty, but > with no greater success. I also tried an older version of Cygwin from 2010, > again to no success. The mouse middle button is recognized by the windows > operating system and is in the "auto scroll" mode under the mouse settings. > The scroll functionality is recognized by the Xwindow (xemacs and xterm). > But the paste does not work with the middle click. I tried a different > mouse, a Logitec optical mouse, and was able to get the Xwindow to recognize > a 5th mouse button (unassigned and threw an error in xemacs) when the middle > click was set to "zoom" instead of autoscroll, but alas no paste. So, I have > scoured as much google as I can follow and found more than my fair share of > suggestions on how to emulate the 3rd button with a double click (left and > right) for track pads and other two button appliances, but nothing much to > help me diagnose why the middle button does paste with my three button mous e. > > What further information or tests may I try to figure out what is at the > source of this problem? I have attached my cygcheck.out and my XWin.log > files as well as the user guide I used to choose the packages (only the ones > suggested in the setup). I assume that it is something to do with the > Windows 7 operating system, as I have not had the problem in the past on > other laptops running Cygwin and external usb mice, nor with other desktops. > I have reached the limits of my computing knowledge and would like to inquire > as to the community's knowledge of how the program treats the chain of events > from middle click to xemacs paste, a chain I am not intimately familiar. > > Regards, > > TL
Can you try starting the XServer with the -emulate3buttons command-line option? Then you should be able to paste using the L+R mouse buttons clicked simultaneously. My mouse doesn't have a middle mouse button (it is a mechanical switch used to enable/disable the ratcheting on the scroll wheel), so this may not be a good solution for you. Good luck. -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/ FAQ: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/faq/
