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From: j@uriah.heep.sax.de (J Wunsch)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.windows.x.i386unix
Subject: Re: 3 button mice for X11
Date: 28 May 1996 21:50:51 GMT
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giles@nemeton.com.au (Giles Lean) wrote:

> >Unfortunately, i don't think the XFree86 servers do support swapping
> >mouse buttons 1 and 3.

> You can remap the buttons via xmodmap.  I use the following to make
> my two button mouse usable.
> 
> 	pointer = 1 3 2

Ah.  I've been looking into `xset', but didn't think of `xmodmap'.

-- 
cheers, J"org

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