KDE Time and Mouse Buttons

[Clinton MacDonald]

Ed:

Ed Sutherland wrote:
> 1) How do I enable mouse-button emulation in KDE? (it's enabled in the 
> kernel.)

What do you mean, do you want to create a key or key combination that 
emulates the right-click and middle-click functions, or do you want to 
enable the Linux feature called something like "emulate three-button mouse"?

The first feature is a Mac-only feature, allowing one to configure one's 
favorite key combination as right- or middle-click. By default, these 
keys are F12 and F11 on a standard keyboard. I recommend changing them 
to your liking (on a PowerBook keyboard which has a special "fn" key, I 
chose fn-command for right-click and fn-option for middle-click). 
Changing this feature is *NOT* described accurately on the YDL Web site, 
so check out how I changed it:

<http://lists.terrasoftsolutions.com/pipermail/yellowdog-newbie/2003-August/004302.html>

The second feature is one of the choices one is offered on installation, 
and is (I think) designed to allow a two-button mouse to emulate a 
three-button mouse by clicking both buttons at once. You can turn on 
that feature in the KDE Control Panel that configures mice.

Have fun!

Best wishes,
Clint

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Dr. Clinton C. MacDonald | <mailto:clint DOT macdonald AT sbcglobal DOT net>