Re: GMC Feature Request

[Kevin Atkinson <kevinatk home com>]

Matthias Warkus wrote:
> 
> +++ Sat, Mar 27, 1999 at 01:58:43AM -0500 +++
> Kevin Atkinson e-mails me. Film at 11. Reply right now, after the break.
> > I have a small feature request for GMC which I hope will get taken
> > seriously.
> >
> > I wish to have an option swap the 1st and 2nd mouse button and have it
> > on my default.  The reason being that
> >
> > 1) Middle button dragging is annoying with a two button mouse which many
> > people switching over from windows will have.
> 
> This is not a Gnome issue. The X server is responsible for emulating a
> middle mouse button with a two-button mouse. Ah, yes, BTW, whether
> people switch over from Windows easily or not should never be an
> important issue with anything free. We need to go our own way.

I did not say it was impossible I said it was annoying.  It is annoying
to perform a drag while holding down both mouse actions.

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Kevin Atkinson
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