Ctrl-click = mouse_button3 ... WORKS!!

Rob Diehl diehlr at bellsouth.net
Fri Sep 24 15:30:40 UTC 2004


These codes did not work on my iMac keyboard. I guess English layout is 
different from Spanish. What is "your_keymap.txt"? Could you please be 
more specific? Also, the command is "showkey" without an 's' at the end. 
Thanks.

>Note2: this work for me in a tiboo with spanish keyboard. i don't know
>if key 29 is the same for another model of mac. You can have a complete
>list of your system, switching to the console as root ad write:
>
> showkeys -m > your_keymap.txt
>
>Note3: i write to the developer of this tool and he told me:
>-------------------------------------------------------------------
>  
>
>>MID_CLICK="-middle 0 68"          
>>RIGHT_CLICK="-right 0 29"         
>>SCROLL="-scroll 56"               
>>TYPING_BLOCK="-typing-block 300"   
>>
>>but actually, ctrl button is mapped to button2 without the clic of
>>mouse.
>>    
>>
>
>You have to put the modifier (Ctrl) as first parameter, and the "key" id
>of the left click as second parameter, like in:
>-right 29 272
>-------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>
>I hope that this, can help, and that this package can be inserted in
>ubuntu and managed from laptop-mode.
>
>
>regards
>MaX
>
>keywords for google: 
>mouseemu, button2 button3 mouse command control osx apple finder
>F11 F12 key keyboard emulate modifier MacOS 
>
>
>  
>





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