Re: Wheel Mouse
In a message dated: Thu, 23 Mar 2000 09:31:02 EST "Andrew W. Gaunt" said: Has anyone on this list tried to get one on of those 'Intellimouse' mice with a middle button/wheel working with Linux. I know it will do the two button stuff OK, I'd like for the wheel to do something useful. I had one, button acted as a middle button if pressed, but nothing if spun. I personally hated the feel of the mouse, and quickly got rid of it. -- Seeya, Paul Doing something stupid always costs less (up front) than doing something intelligent. A conclusion is simply the place where you got tired of thinking. If you're not having fun, you're not doing it right! ** To unsubscribe from this list, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the following text in the *body* (*not* the subject line) of the letter: unsubscribe gnhlug **
Re: Wheel Mouse
"Andrew W. Gaunt" wrote: Has anyone on this list tried to get one on of those 'Intellimouse' mice with a middle button/wheel working with Linux. I know it will do the two button stuff OK, I'd like for the wheel to do something useful. Works wonderfully. In the Pointer section of your XF86Config file make sure the following is set: Protocol"MouseManPlusPS/2" # Tell the XServer how many buttons are on the mouse Buttons 5 # Tell the Xserver to send wheel events as button 4 and button 5. # 4 is negative movement, 5 is positive movement. ZAxisMapping 4 5 Most GTK applications will use the wheel mouse. I don't think QT (ie KDE) apps will do it without some hacking. Netscape needs special X resources for the wheel to work. Eterm's and gnome-terminals work nicely also. Here is a listing of the X resources you need to set to get netscape to listen to the wheel. Just put these in your .Xdefaults file in your home directory. You can then merge them into your running X session with: xrdb -merge ~/.Xdefaults The file will be read by X automatically when X starts. These and other hacks for other apps can be found out on the web somwhere. (sorry I can't find the link) If you use xmms, the wheel functions as a nice volume control when the pointer is over xmms :) Netscape*drawingArea.translations: #replace\ Btn1Down: ArmLink() \n\ Btn2Down: ArmLink() \n\ ~ShiftBtn1Up: ActivateLink() \n\ ~ShiftBtn2Up: ActivateLink(new-window) \ DisarmLink()\n\ ShiftBtn1Up: ActivateLink(save-only) \ DisarmLink()\n\ ShiftBtn2Up: ActivateLink(save-only) \ DisarmLink()\n\ Btn1Motion:DisarmLinkIfMoved() \n\ Btn2Motion:DisarmLinkIfMoved() \n\ Btn3Motion:DisarmLinkIfMoved() \n\ Motion:DescribeLink() \n\ Btn3Down: xfeDoPopup()\n\ Btn3Up:ActivatePopup() \n\ CtrlBtn4Down: PageUp()\n\ CtrlBtn5Down: PageDown()\n\ ShiftBtn4Down: LineUp()\n\ ShiftBtn5Down: LineDown()\n\ NoneBtn4Down: LineUp()LineUp()LineUp()LineUp()LineUp()LineUp()\n\ NoneBtn5Down: LineDown()LineDown()LineDown()LineDown()LineDown()LineDown()\n\ AltBtn4Down: xfeDoCommand(forward)\n\ AltBtn5Down: xfeDoCommand(back)\n Netscape*globalNonTextTranslations: #override\n\ ShiftBtn4Down: LineUp()\n\ ShiftBtn5Down: LineDown()\n\ Btn4Down: LineUp()LineUp()LineUp()LineUp()LineUp()LineUp()\n\ Btn5Down: LineDown()LineDown()LineDown()LineDown()LineDown()LineDown()\n\ AltBtn4Down: xfeDoCommand(forward)\n\ AltBtn5Down: xfeDoCommand(back)\n Hope this helps -Matt -- Matthew W. Herbert x75764 Spectrum Advanced Applications http://www.aprisma.com/ mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** To unsubscribe from this list, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the following text in the *body* (*not* the subject line) of the letter: unsubscribe gnhlug **
Re: Wheel Mouse
Thanks everyone for the 'wheel mouse' replies. the right combination for my machine was: Section "Pointer" #Protocol"PS/2" #Protocol"MouseManPlusPS/2" Protocol"imps/2" Device "/dev/mouse" Buttons 5 ZAxisMapping 4 5 # Emulate3Buttons
