On Mon, 9 Feb 1998, Colin Wood wrote:

> SamMaEl wrote:
> > On Mon, 9 Feb 1998, Colin Wood wrote:
> > 
> > > SamMaEl wrote:
> > > > 
> > > > 	Well, now that I got ethernet working on my Q630, I am going to
> > > > try to get the mouse I use for the system to work... it's a Macally
> > > > 2-button mouse.
> > > > 
> > > > adb: extended mouse <KOIT> 2-button 200 dpi mouse at 3
> > > > 
> > > > 	In MacOS it uses a control panel to set the 2nd buttons
> > > > function... defaults to a click-hold. Anyone know a somewhat simple way to
> > > > figure out how to get the 2nd button working? It'd not as good as a 3
> > > > button, but a 2nd button won't hurt ;-)
> > > 
> > > If it really is an extended mouse, it should already work.  The second
> > > button should "just work" under X.  What is it doing instead?
> > 
> > 	Nothing... that I can tell. I've tried clicking it on the titlebar
> > of an xterm to see if it will drag it if I move the mouse, but it
> > doesn't... so it's not doing the click and hold. And, everything I've
> > tried just makes me think it's not working at all. Is there any way to see
> > what it is doing in NetBSD?
> 
> In order for it to do something, it needs to be bound to something,
> usually by the window manager.  This might not be setup by default.
> 
> If you have xev (you should if you installed xcontrib), then just run xev
> and put the cursor in the window which pops up.  Press the second mouse
> button and see what that registers.
> 
> If you don't have xev, one thing that always works in X is cut'n'paste.
> So, to see if it's working at all:  select a block of text in an xterm
> with the first mouse button (standard drag and hilite), then, place the
> cursor in the xterm and press the second button.  If the previously
> hilited text is pasted in, then you know you've got the "middle" mouse
> button.  If that doesn't work, try starting a selection by clicking the
> 1st button at the start of a block of text and then clicking the 2nd
> button at the end of the block of text.  If it hilites, you know you've
> got the "right" button.

	Nothing appears when the mouse is entirely still and I press the
2nd button. Cut and paste does not work either ;-) Call it a hunch, but I
think that the 2nd button isn't doing anything atm... 

	Ryan

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