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From: David Dawes <dawes@rf900.physics.usyd.edu.au>
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Subject: Re: moused conflicts with X11
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Date: Thu, 27 Jun 1996 11:19:12 +1000 (EST)
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>However I dont see that the Xserver should be changed, as they will 
>see /dev/mouse as a say mousesystems mouse, no matter what mouse 
>actually is on the system. That would also ease the X installation

If it is done this way, how do you plan to deal with 2-button mice?
Would 3-button emulation be included as an option, or would the X server
still do that?  How would the 2 buttons be mapped?  What about a mouse
that has more than three buttons (I don't know if the mousesytems protocol
supports more than three or not).

>for J. Randomuser. And besides I dont see the need for Yet Another
>Mouse Interface (YAMI), when we can just use one of the de facto
>standards. We also would have a BIG problem with commercial progs
>that way, so lets not get that insane...

I agree with this.

David