Re: Mouse single click handling?

From	gene heskett <gheskett@shentel.net>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.user
Subject	Re: Mouse single click handling?
Date	2023-12-19 18:10 +0100
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On 12/19/23 10:11, local10 wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I have several mice that went bad with the same defect: they sometimes generate two single clicks very quickly (say, within 10-20ms) instead of a single click.
> 
> With reference to the above, is there a way or setting to force several mouse clicks within a short period of time to be interpreted as a single mouse click?
> 
> Thanks
Thats in the mouse, caused by the switch not being solidly against the 
pcb its mounted to by solder so it flexes, eventually breaking the 
copper foil of the trace, so it issues a click as you push the button, 
but breaks contac as your fingeer pushes ion down, the makes the second 
contact as the switch comes back then the switch opens, creating two 
clicks for the motion of one. Sometimes you can lay a piece of wrapping 
wire around the switches pin, and extend it across the micro-crack after 
scraping off the green masking paint and rigging some sort of a clamp to 
hold the switch against the pcb solidly so it doesn't re-break your fix. 
  Its a fiddly PITA. 30+ years ago I had to keep a pile of Amiga mice 
working at the tv station where I was the CE.  The Amiga mouses motion 
encoders were unique as they were miniature quadrature encoders, much 
smoother and far more instant and accurate than any "pc" mouse even 
today, if you ever used one you will remember how easy it was to do 
precise work, and no one but Amiga (commode door) ever made replacements 
as it took an ultra fine 9 wire cable to talk to it.  We stretched what 
we had well past their geriatric years fixing them as best I could. 
Today the spastic junk we can get at Wallies isn't made to be fixed, 
just toss it and get another $9 model.  Problem solved, for a while.
> 
> Operating System: Debian GNU/Linux 12
> KDE Plasma Version: 5.27.5  KDE Frameworks Version: 5.103.0  Qt Version: 5.15.8
> Kernel Version: 6.1.0-15-amd64 (64-bit)
> Graphics Platform: X11
> 
> .

Cheers, Gene Heskett.
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Mouse single click handling? local10 <local10@tutanota.com> - 2023-12-19 16:10 +0100
  Re: Mouse single click handling? Dan Purgert <dan@djph.net> - 2023-12-19 16:30 +0100
  Re: Mouse single click handling? Henning Follmann <hfollmann@itcfollmann.com> - 2023-12-19 16:40 +0100
    Re: Mouse single click handling? Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> - 2023-12-19 16:50 +0100
      Re: Mouse single click handling? Charles Curley <charlescurley@charlescurley.com> - 2023-12-20 05:40 +0100
        Re: Mouse single click handling? Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> - 2023-12-20 06:00 +0100
          Re: Mouse single click handling? <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2023-12-20 06:10 +0100
    Re: Mouse single click handling? local10 <local10@tutanota.com> - 2023-12-19 17:10 +0100
      Re: Mouse single click handling? <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2023-12-19 17:40 +0100
        [SOLVED?] Re: Mouse single click handling? local10 <local10@tutanota.com> - 2023-12-21 11:50 +0100
      Re: Mouse single click handling? Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> - 2023-12-19 17:40 +0100
        Re: Mouse single click handling? <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2023-12-19 17:40 +0100
          Re: Mouse single click handling? Curt <curty@free.fr> - 2023-12-19 17:50 +0100
      Installing? Why debian? yxcv@vienna.at - 2023-12-19 17:50 +0100
      Re: Mouse single click handling? local10 <local10@tutanota.com> - 2023-12-19 18:00 +0100
      Re: Mouse single click handling? Brad Rogers <brad@fineby.me.uk> - 2023-12-19 18:20 +0100
      Re: Mouse single click handling? Alexis Grigoriou <alexis@nanoid.net> - 2023-12-19 19:50 +0100
        Re: Mouse single click handling? <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2023-12-19 19:50 +0100
        Re: Mouse single click handling? local10 <local10@tutanota.com> - 2023-12-19 21:50 +0100
          Re: Mouse single click handling? Anssi Saari <anssi.saari@debian-user.mail.kapsi.fi> - 2023-12-20 16:00 +0100
            [SOLVED] Re: Mouse single click handling? local10 <local10@tutanota.com> - 2023-12-20 19:30 +0100
      Re: Mouse single click handling? Charles Curley <charlescurley@charlescurley.com> - 2023-12-20 05:30 +0100
        Re: Mouse single click handling? "Jeremy Nicoll" <jn.ml.dbi.73@letterboxes.org> - 2023-12-20 20:40 +0100
          Re: Mouse single click handling? "James H. H. Lampert" <jamesl@touchtonecorp.com> - 2023-12-20 21:00 +0100
            Re: Mouse single click handling? songbird <songbird@anthive.com> - 2023-12-21 15:00 +0100
              Re: Mouse single click handling? "Jeremy Nicoll" <jn.ml.dbi.73@letterboxes.org> - 2023-12-22 16:40 +0100
                worn off key labels songbird <songbird@anthive.com> - 2023-12-23 16:30 +0100
                Re: Mouse single click handling? Dan Ritter <dsr@randomstring.org> - 2023-12-23 18:00 +0100
      Re: Mouse single click handling? Cindy Sue Causey <butterflybytes@gmail.com> - 2023-12-20 22:10 +0100
        Re: Mouse single click handling? "James H. H. Lampert" <jamesl@touchtonecorp.com> - 2023-12-20 23:10 +0100
    Re: Mouse single click handling? <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2023-12-19 17:40 +0100
  Re: Mouse single click handling? "Alexander V. Makartsev" <avbetev@gmail.com> - 2023-12-19 17:40 +0100
    Re: Mouse single click handling? <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2023-12-19 17:50 +0100
      Re: Mouse single click handling? "Alexander V. Makartsev" <avbetev@gmail.com> - 2023-12-19 18:10 +0100
    Re: Mouse single click handling? Felix Miata <mrmazda@earthlink.net> - 2023-12-19 19:50 +0100
      Re: Mouse single click handling? Fred <fred@blakemfg.com> - 2023-12-20 02:10 +0100
        Re: Mouse single click handling? Felix Miata <mrmazda@earthlink.net> - 2023-12-20 03:20 +0100
      OT: Pitfalls of online purchases (Was Re: Mouse single click  handling?) "Alexander V. Makartsev" <avbetev@gmail.com> - 2023-12-20 08:50 +0100
        Re: OT: Pitfalls of online purchases (Was Re: Mouse single  clickhandling?) gene heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2023-12-20 12:30 +0100
      Re: Mouse single click handling? Dan Purgert <dan@djph.net> - 2023-12-20 13:50 +0100
  Re: Mouse single click handling? gene heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2023-12-19 18:10 +0100
  Re: Mouse single click handling? Jeffrey Walton <noloader@gmail.com> - 2023-12-20 16:20 +0100
    Re: Mouse single click handling? Jeffrey Walton <noloader@gmail.com> - 2023-12-20 16:30 +0100
    Re: Mouse single click handling? local10 <local10@tutanota.com> - 2023-12-20 19:30 +0100

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