Groups | Search | Server Info | Keyboard shortcuts | Login | Register [http] [https] [nntp] [nntps]
Groups > comp.os.linux.advocacy > #407509
| From | owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.os.linux.advocacy |
| Subject | Re: Attn: Marek |
| Date | 2017-04-11 13:27 +0000 |
| Organization | O.W.L. |
| Message-ID | <axib003.bhx8@rooftop.invalid> (permalink) |
| References | (2 earlier) <a5zuv03.abu4@rooftop.invalid> <ap-dnUJ0QZddbnbFnZ2dnUU7-W3NnZ2d@giganews.com> <zb030ga.au@rooftop.invalid> <78CdnQXBeunckXHFnZ2dnUU7-dGdnZ2d@giganews.com> <ocia1v$opv$4@dont-email.me> |
Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> wrote: > Marek Novotny wrote this copyrighted missive and expects royalties: > >> On 2017-04-10, owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> wrote: >>> Marek Novotny <marek.novotny@marspolar.com> wrote: >>>> On 2017-04-10, owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> wrote: >>>>> Marek Novotny <marek.novotny@marspolar.com> wrote: >>>>>> On 2017-04-10, owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> wrote: >>>>>>> I know you love gadgets and have money to throw around, so how >>>>>>> about giving this a Linux review: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> http://www.3dconnexion.com/products/cadmouse >>>>>>> >>>>>>> 99 bucks, but has dedicated middle button separate from scroll wheel. >>>>>>> (I'm starting to get a lot of double-pasting with my logitech). >>>>>>> >>>>>>> This says it's recognized as a standard mouse and scroll wheel >>>>>>> and middle button work as expected: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> https://www.3dconnexion.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=22&t=11161 >>>>>>> >>>>>>> This provides better user config options: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> https://github.com/lachs0r/cadmousectl >>>>>> >>>>>> I'd be interested if it didn't have the side buttons. I avoid those like >>>>>> the plague. Those forward / back buttons always get hit by accident and >>>>>> browsers then change the site and/or page I am on and tend to drive me >>>>>> crazy. Good idea about have a real third button and a scroll wheel, but >>>>>> they need to lose the extra stupid buttons that serve no purpose. It >>>>>> should have three buttons and the scroll wheel. Maybe the scroll wheel >>>>>> is what should be on the side. And have three normal sized buttons on >>>>>> top. >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Those side buttons can surely be disabled though, or they might not >>>>> even work under Linux without a little nudging. Do you know of another >>>>> mouse with 3 buttons + wheel? >>>> >>>> Now, I bought an IBM 3 button mouse but it has no wheel, which I end up >>>> wanting more than the third button. And those buttons tend to end up >>>> being forward and back buttons which screw up viewing of web pages with >>>> the slightest touch. This is pretty close. >>> >>> Can you not disable them with xinput? >> >> Not through the basic controls that come with Linux. I'd likely have to >> add something, which I haven't done. I don't do a ton of copy and paste >> anyway. > > That's another sore point. This freakin' Asus touchpad has no way to > generate a middle click... no buttons. Well, actually it is just one big > button. So often I have to use that god-damned highlight-CtrlC-click-CtrlV > paradigm instead of highlight-middle-click. > > Oh woe is me. > If there's no way to do middle-click with a right+left emulation, try binding `xsel -o` to a hotkey.
Back to comp.os.linux.advocacy | Previous | Next — Previous in thread | Next in thread | Find similar
Attn: Marek owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2017-04-10 19:42 +0000
Re: Attn: Marek Marek Novotny <marek.novotny@marspolar.com> - 2017-04-10 14:53 -0500
Re: Attn: Marek Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-04-10 12:59 -0700
Re: Attn: Marek owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2017-04-10 20:11 +0000
Re: Attn: Marek Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-04-10 13:25 -0700
Re: Attn: Marek Marek Novotny <marek.novotny@marspolar.com> - 2017-04-10 16:06 -0500
Re: Attn: Marek owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2017-04-10 22:28 +0000
Re: Attn: Marek Marek Novotny <marek.novotny@marspolar.com> - 2017-04-10 17:50 -0500
Re: Attn: Marek owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2017-04-10 22:59 +0000
Re: Attn: Marek Marek Novotny <marek.novotny@marspolar.com> - 2017-04-10 18:41 -0500
Re: Attn: Marek owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2017-04-11 00:22 +0000
Re: Attn: Marek Marek Novotny <marek.novotny@marspolar.com> - 2017-04-10 19:43 -0500
Re: Attn: Marek Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-04-10 18:27 -0700
Re: Attn: Marek Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-04-10 17:02 -0700
Re: Attn: Marek Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> - 2017-04-11 06:05 -0400
Re: Attn: Marek owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2017-04-11 13:27 +0000
Re: Attn: Marek owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2017-04-11 15:28 +0000
Re: Attn: Marek Marek Novotny <marek.novotny@marspolar.com> - 2017-04-11 09:50 -0500
Re: Attn: Marek Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-04-11 11:18 -0700
Re: Attn: Marek Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> - 2017-04-10 18:41 -0400
Re: Attn: Marek owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2017-04-10 23:00 +0000
Re: Attn: Marek Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> - 2017-04-11 06:02 -0400
Re: Attn: Marek chrisv <chrisv@nospam.invalid> - 2017-04-11 06:40 -0500
Re: Attn: Marek Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-04-11 11:18 -0700
Re: Attn: Marek owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2017-04-11 14:13 +0000
Re: Attn: Marek Marek Novotny <marek.novotny@marspolar.com> - 2017-04-11 09:43 -0500
Re: Attn: Marek vallor <vallor@cultnix.org> - 2017-04-10 23:02 +0000
Re: Attn: Marek flatfish+++ <flatfish@cutey.com> - 2017-04-10 22:29 -0400
Re: Attn: Marek Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-04-10 19:42 -0700
Re: Attn: Marek "F. Russell" <fr@random.info> - 2017-04-11 09:20 +0000
Re: Attn: Marek chrisv <chrisv@nospam.invalid> - 2017-04-11 06:46 -0500
Re: Attn: Marek Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> - 2017-04-11 09:16 -0400
Re: Attn: Marek DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2017-04-11 09:50 -0400
Re: Attn: Marek Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-04-11 11:16 -0700
Re: Attn: Marek "F. Russell" <fr@random.info> - 2017-04-12 10:07 +0000
Re: Attn: Marek DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2017-04-12 09:09 -0400
Re: Attn: Marek Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-04-10 12:56 -0700
csiph-web