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From: stripes@eng.umd.edu (Joshua Osborne)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Re: Not impressed with MacX
Message-ID: <1990Dec12.225516.8891@eng.umd.edu>
Date: 12 Dec 90 22:55:16 GMT
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In article <1557@pai.UUCP>, erc@pai.UUCP (Eric Johnson) writes:
> 
> Problem: The Macintosh has a one-button mouse, but far too many X
> programs require a three-button mouse. That's also why PC X terminal
> emulators and HP (both of which extensively use two-button mice)
> emulate the "middle" mouse button (button 2) by having the user
> hold down both physical mouse buttons at once.
[...]

Which has got to be one of the worse was of emulating ever invented, or
at least what is implmented on the RT.  I can press MB1, release then
press MB3 (well, the second one on the mouse), the server will send a single
MB2 press event.  (you have to do this at the right speed, so the whole thing seems flakey untill you figure out what is going on, then you forget all about using the RT for *anything*)

Server writers:  if you must lie about mouse buttons, fine.  Just provide me
a way to get the damm things *not* to lie.  (other then getting a better mouse,
which is also a good option)
-- 
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