Mouse button emulation [was: Re: sounder 8 install report]

[Thom May]

* Jamie Wilkinson (jaq at spacepants.org) wrote :
> This one time, at band camp, Martin Pitt wrote:
> >Hi Jamie!
> >
> >On 2004-09-12 22:27 +1000, Jamie Wilkinson wrote:
> >> This is all very interesting, but I'm still looking for an answer to the
> >> original question: what keys have middle and right click been mapped to?
> >
> >None at the moment. It would be great if we provided a default, but
> >which keys should be sacrificed for the mouse buttons? The already
> >proposed F10/F11 is a pretty bad default, many programs need F10
> >(including GNOME, and my much beloved mc :-) ). 
> >
> >On my iBook G4 there is currently only one useless key:
> >_
> >^
> >
> >It's the one to the right of the right Apple key. It would be a good
> >choice to use it as the middle or right mouse button, but which key to
> >use for the other button? (Personally I prefer F11).
> 
> I got used to F10 and F11, becuase I didn't use them for GNOME...
> 
> But I think that Right Apple/Clover and the small square Enter key next
> to it would be good for Middle and Right mouse buttons respectively.
> 
> (I fear that the little enter key sends the same keycode as return does
>  though)
> 
I used to use Right Apple/little enter as right and middle and it worked
fine.
Can't tell you the keycodes since some $%$%£ stole my powerbook.
Oh well.
-Thom