The parameter that can be changed is the "maximum click interval". This can be changed with xterm -mc 500 for 500 milliseconds. I believe the default is 250 milliseconds. This gives me time to make another click if all three clicks haven't been recognized. My problem probably did not demand a "minimum click interval" and I presume Linux recognizes a very small interval between clicks. My mouse probably isn't sending every click, so I need time (from "-mc 500") to send another click; perhaps I am not clicking my mouse properly. The corresponding X-resource is multiclickTime
Przemek Klosowski brought up another characteristic of triple clicks. They include a "newline" that you usually do not want. To exclude a "newline" on triple clicks, use xterm -cn or use the X-resource cutNewline I usually make my options explicit in .xsession or an alias. I currently use the following long list of options. xterm -cr red -j -si -sk -mc 500 -cn -sb -sl 500 -bg wheat -geom 128x43+0+0 -xrm xterm.vt100.pointerColor:blue -xrm xterm.vt100.pointerColorBackground:yellow -xrm xterm.vt100.pointerShape:gumby & Here, I have found that the sroll length "-sl 500" should be less than 1500 or xterm starts to use much more memory. The "gumby" really is a gumby pointer, with pointy head and all. I prefer gumby because, unlike the "I" beam, since only his finger points to a character, he does not interfere with reading a character or word on a line of interest. How did I finally find this solution? Mostly, I needed somewhat unique keywords. "mouse" was too general, while "click" was fairly specific. "triple click" was more specific. Since mail-list, news-list, and HOWTO lists turned up no answers, I tried some package searches, dpkg -L xbase |xargs zgrep -i click |less The "-L" lists all the files in the debian package "xbase". "xargs" puts pipe arguments after your following command and arguments -- this is one of the niftyest tools in Linux, one I only found a year ago. The "less" pipe works nicely when control characters get printed, so your screen needn't be reset. -- Jim Burt, NJ9L, Fairfax, Virginia, USA [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.mnsinc.com/jameson [EMAIL PROTECTED] (703) 235-5213 ext. 132 (work) "A poor man associating with a rich man will soon be too poor to buy even a pair of breeches." --Chinese Proverb