Subject: Re: 3 button emulation always on?
To: Martin Husemann <martin@duskware.de>
From: Nicolas Joly <njoly@pasteur.fr>
List: port-amd64
Date: 06/20/2005 13:07:02
On Mon, Jun 20, 2005 at 12:07:42PM +0200, Martin Husemann wrote:
> On Mon, Jun 20, 2005 at 11:45:20AM +0200, Nicolas Joly wrote:
> > If i remember correctly, this emulation must
> > stop as soon as the middle button is pressed ... Currently it does
> > not and looks like a bug to me.
> 
> No, it must not stop. The wsons protocol multiplexes multiple mice input
> data into a single mouse from the X servers point of view. Now imagine a
> notebook with two-button touchpad and an external usb mouse temporarily
> connected. Pressing the middle button on the external mouse and then removing
> the mouse must not stop middle button emulation on the touchpad.

Ouch, agreed. I didn't thought about such configurations.

-- 
Nicolas Joly

Biological Software and Databanks.
Institut Pasteur, Paris.