On Sun, Jul 01, 2007 at 02:17:45PM -0500, Peter Samuelson wrote: > [Jens Seidel] > > "Serial mice: 9-pin or 25-pin serial connector\n" > > " msc The MouseSystems protocol. Most 3-button serial mice.\n" > > > > I really doubt that this ("most") is right! I had once such a mouse but > > nevertheless I'm sure that the Microsoft or ps2 protocol dominates and > > not msc. > > My experience is that the debconf description is correct: most 3-button > serial mice I've seen are MouseSystems compatible.
Mmh, I had in the past four or five seriell mice but only the oldest (25 pin connector) was of type MouseSystems. All others where indeed a Microsoft protocol variant. Strange ... > Some serial mice have a switch on the bottom to switch between the > Microsoft and MouseSystems protocols, since the Microsoft protocol > doesn't support the third button properly. I don't know such mice. > > " ms+ Like 'ms', but allows dragging with the middle button\n" > > > > Is dragging the right word? I don't understand this properly (drag from > > drag&drop?). Could it be replaced by "pasting" or "copying"? > > No, it is dragging. The "ms+" protocol handler differs from the "ms" Ah, OK. I just noticed these two difficulties during proofreading of the German translation. You don't need to worry about it. Feel free to close it ... Jens -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]