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From: graaf@unc.cs.unc.edu (Kees de Graaf)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Re: 5 buttons on a 3 button mouse
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Date: 13 Apr 90 18:30:44 GMT
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In article <3361@altos86.Altos.COM> mickey@altos86.Altos.COM (Michael Thompson) writes:
>I am trying to use virtual buttons 4 and 5 under mwm.
>(supposedly, button "4" is buttons 1 and 2 pressed together and
>button "5" is buttons 2 and 3 pressed together)
>   ... etcetera
>I see that the problem might be that when one mouse button is held down,
>the other mouse buttons will generate ButtonRelease events but not
>ButtonPress events!  ... etcetera ...

I'm quite grateful for that! For ergonomical reasons I (and many other people
with me) believe that the optimum number of buttons - in terms of user
interface efficiency - on the pointing device is between 1 and 2. For good
reasons, apparently, Apple rounded the number to 1 (one).
What is your aim, Michael, a mouse with a keyboard sitting on its back?   :-)