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The most recent version of this document can always be found at
http://kipper.york.ac.uk/mouse.html There is a Japanese translation at
http://jf.gee.kyoto-u.ac.jp/JF/JF-ftp/euc/3-Button-Mouse.euc;
and a French one at
http://www.icewalkers.com/Linux/Howto/mini/3-Button-Mouse.html.
Other translations may be available - check your local LDP mirrors.
Most X applications are written with the assumption that the user will
be working with a 3 button mouse. Serial mice are commonly used on
computers and are cheap to buy. Many of these mice have 3 buttons and
claim to use the Microsoft protocol, which in theory means they are
ideal for the X windows setup. (The record for the cheapest working
3 button mouse currently stands at $1.14!)
Most dual-protocol mice will work in two modes:
- 2-button Microsoft mode.
- 3-button MouseSystems mode.
This document leads you through the different steps needed to configure your
mouse in these two different modes, especially the steps needed to use the
more useful 3-button mode.
As distributions become easier to set up, some of the problems ought to go away.
For instance, RedHat have a mouseconfig program to set things up for you.
However, some versions of RH5.0 had a bug in mouseconfig, so make
sure you check for patches.
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