On 29/01/10 15:58, Adrian Sud wrote: > Hi, > > I am trying to reconfigure the middle mouse button paste buffer command to > another one of the 7 available buttons on my mouse, but leave the 2nd mouse > button reporting itself as a 2nd mouse button. > > Any googling and browsing of FAQs finds ways to disable the 2nd mouse button > entirely, or map the 2nd mouse button to another button (causing all other > functions tied to the 2nd mouse button to move to that other button as > well). Am I to assume that this is not a configurable thing? > > This may be the wrong place to ask; I am assuming X controls this > middle-click paste buffer access because X is historically the controller of > pointer devices. > The apps control the behaviour not X11. The apps place the data into one of X's clipboards and paste from it when you click the button. > If it is not configurable yet, but is part of X11, let me know and I will > try to find where in the source the paste-buffer access is, and see if I can > modify it to add configurability. > I think you need to find out how to change the apps you use to use another button.
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