Date: Thu, 25 Mar 2021 19:21:42 +0000 (UTC) From: doug@safeport.com To: "Steve O'Hara-Smith" <steve@sohara.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Xorg/Lenovo/drm revisited Message-ID: <497a74b4-d0f1-665-6472-fe59c6e88115@safeport.com> In-Reply-To: <20210325185243.52e604a89737328d6de20292@sohara.org> References: <alpine.BSF.2.00.2103251147000.62264@bucksport.safeport.com> <20210325171313.95c9f4a47431cf24d87926aa@sohara.org> <alpine.BSF.2.00.2103251354570.62264@bucksport.safeport.com> <20210325185243.52e604a89737328d6de20292@sohara.org>
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On Thu, 25 Mar 2021, Steve O'Hara-Smith wrote: > On Thu, 25 Mar 2021 14:01:49 -0400 (EDT) > Doug Denault <doug@safeport.com> wrote: > >> On Thu, 25 Mar 2021, Steve O'Hara-Smith wrote: >> >>> On Thu, 25 Mar 2021 12:55:46 -0400 (EDT) >>> Doug Denault <doug@safeport.com> wrote: >>> >>>> None of these systems recognize double-click as paste in xterm or on >>>> the xfce desktop. The latter is almost irrelevant as that is supposed >>>> to list all windows on all desktops (I have 8). Having to drop the >>>> mouse and do shift-insert is annoying but almost a "who cares". >>> >>> I've always (some decades now) used middle button for paste in >>> X11, double click selects a word IME. >> >> That acutally might explain #2. The mouse I am using as are all the usb >> one's I have are at least 10, maybe 15 years old, no three buttons here. >> For these guys double-click has always meant paste. Not supporting legacy >> stuff may be the norm these days. > > By double click do you mean hit both buttons ? That used to be > controlled by an EmulateThreeButtons setting somewhere in the X config > (it's been a long time since I needed it). > Yes. It worked from fbsd 4.5 until 11.4 and xorg 7.6. I had (until now) no need for three button mouse. Adding 3ButtonEmulate was the cause of #1.
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