Re: Mouse actions

[Tim Moore <tmoore tembel org>]

>>>>> Gleef  writes:

>> So if you hold down alt when middle draging it forces copy, if you hold down
>> shift durring the drag it moves, or whatever you have configured.

> I don't think this will work.  MkLinux, LinuxPPC and NetBSD/PPC users
> usually have a mouse that has one physical button.  My understanding is
> their X servers emulate the other buttons by using the very same keyboard
> combonations you are suggesting.  GNOME using a scheme like this on
> such machines would either break the X Server or break GNOME, neither is a
> good thing.

Not quite.  It uses the option key, which is only found on Mac
keyboards.  So there's no conflict.

Tim Moore