On Friday 05 September 2003 19:19, you wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 05, 2003 at 05:17:49PM +0300, Itay 'z9u2K' Duvdevani wrote:
> > Hey list,
> > I'm trying to map one of my keyboard buttons (my Menu button) to the
> > third mouse button (button 2).
> >
> > I did:
> > xmodmap -e 'keysym Menu = Pointer_Button2'
> >
> > but it does not seem to work.
> >
> > xev gives the correct code, when I press the Menu button I get the
> > Pointer_Button2 keysym, but through a KeyPressed event and not a
> > ButtonPressed event, which does not do what I intended it to do...
> >
> > I'm using a laptop keyboard, so using the numpad as my mouse using
> > CTRL+SHIFT+NumLock is not a solution for me...
> >
> > How can I make a keyboard button to generate a ButtonPressed event and
> > not a KeyPressed event?
>
> BTW: are you aware of the standard X keyboard-mouse?
yes, I am, see my original post:
> > I'm using a laptop keyboard, so using the numpad as my mouse using
> > CTRL+SHIFT+NumLock is not a solution for me...
>
> hold ctrl-(left?)alt-shift and press num-lock. You should hear a beep.
>
> Now the numeric keypad will operate the mouse:
>
> * arrows move, including home, end, pageup and pgdn
> * 5 clicks the "current button"
> * + doubles-clicks the "current button"
> * 0 holds down the "current button"
> * . releases the "current button"
>
> The "current button is by-default the first one. You can change it
> using:
>
> / The first
> * The second
> - The third ("middle")
>
> THis is basically set in /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb/compat/mousekeys
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Regards,
Itay 'z9u2K' Duvdevani, GNU/Linux Kinneret.
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