On Wed, 2002-10-30 at 15:42, Guy.Bormann wrote: > > No, actually, I think he was right. From my understanding, the concept > > of middle-click pasting in *nix OSes predates KDE. Anyone know for sure? > No, this is X behaviour (and gpm on Linux) in combination with > three-button mice, common hardware until Microsoft started pushing > two-button mice (i.e. one more than one-button Mac mice, "We have > more!"). It has nothing to do with Linux per se. This predates both KDE > and Linux. > > > Guy > > PS: There was a transition period in the late eighties/early nineties of > last century when some mice (like Genius) carried a switch to change > between PC-AT three-button and MS two-button mode (disabling the middle > button (and protocol)). And for some time three-button mice where very > hard to come by. Some software on DOS used the middle button, but > Microsoft didnot use (read : require) it for Windows. Although it could > be used, the middle button only made a big comeback with the advent of the > scroll wheel.
Hmm, interesting. I must admit I'd completely forgotten you could get three-button mice that far back, but now you mention it, you're quite right. :) -- adamw
