xbut seems to work fine for me here.  Thanks for the link.  :-)
Haven't tried any of the others.

-Joe.

In message: Re: Stupid idea (<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>)
on 29/04/2002 (Mon 09:29) Derek Cunningham wrote:

> Oh! there's this too:
> 
> http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/a2x-voice/a2x-faq.html
> 
> Sure, it's used for Dragon Dictate... but still, you can probably just past
> standard text to it, and it should work fine... man, I gotta check some of
> these out when I get home.
> 
> There... seems to round up the programs available.
> 
> DC
> 
> On Mon, Apr29,02 09:11, Derek Cunningham wrote:
> > [addendum]
> > 
> > this was originally sent to John, but I also found some more info, so this
> > is an addition. :)
> > 
> > 
> > On Mon, Apr29,02 21:56, John Kennison wrote:
> > > I've just had an idea, and I'd always question myself if I didn't ask if it was
> > > possible or not.
> > > 
> > > Would it be possible for a program to 'emulate' the action of the pressing the
> > > right mouse button? (i.e. I hit key F1 key, whatever program I am on, thinks
> > > that I have hit the right mouse button?). 
> > > Now that I've thought about, most new keyboards have a button designated for
> > > this purpose... however, can it be done on linux and more importantly within X?
> > > 
> > > If this is possible, where would one go to start looking for how to do this??
> > > Any replies or CC, please direct to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > 
> > 
> > Well, it IS possible to warp the position of the mouse cursor:
> > 
> > http://freshmeat.net/projects/xwarppointer/?topic_id=861
> > 
> > Maybe if you converse with the author, he'll have some ideas how to click
> > mouse buttons... this could likely be very usefull to many blackbox users.
> > 
> > -----
> > 
> > There's also a program called xbut (xbutton? :) here:
> > 
> > http://www.sandklef.com/xbut/
> > 
> > which seems to handle button events... maybe it'll handle the blackbox menu.
> > 
> > Good luck!
> > 
> > DC
> > 
> > -- 
> > Derek Cunningham
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > 
> > "Human beings act intelligently only after they have
> > exhausted the alternatives" -- Abba Eban
> > 
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> 

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Joe MacDonald
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