Dan Burcaw (dburcaw@terraplex.com)
Sun, 11 Jul 1999 13:41:32 -0600 (MDT)
On Sun, 11 Jul 1999, Andrew Rohl wrote:
> On my powerbook G3 (250MHz, 13.3" screen), I can't use the keyboard to
> emulate the middle and right buttons. I've given the kernel the following
> (sole) argument
> adb_buttons=1,101,109
> which should make f9 the middle key and f10 the right key. However, the
> f9 key becomes the right mouse key and f10 appears unaltered. Running
> showkey returns no keypress to f9 but 109 to f10. Has anyone else seen
> this problem?
I don't think this is the case, but I'll ask anyway. On my 400mhz PB G3
the F-keys require that you use the 'fn' key to access them. I'm not
familar with the keyboard layout on the Wallsteet, but if it's the same
you might have to hit fn-f9 to emulate the mouse buttons.
>
> Also Dan stated a month or so ago that nearly all two button mice can be
> used. Of course I had to buy one of the few that don't! It is called the
> whale mouse and unfortunately the right button is not programmable,
> rather it just does a keydown and keeps it down until the button is
> pressed again! Had I seen the box before I bought it, I would have
> realised that it wouldn't work but noone seems to stock adb devices these
> days. I asked the list if anyone could recommend a 2 or 3 button mouse
> but got no replies, so I'll ask again before I buy another dud!
Yes, it'd be good to hear reports of adb multi-button mice that work.
> Thanks for any pointers
>
> Andrew
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Dan
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