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This page is an attempt to summarize the different places that configure an X display. It should grow.
Current (2024) versions of X don't seem to use moused any more. Use /dev/sysmouse:
Section "InputDevice"
# generated from default
Identifier "Mouse0"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "auto"
Option "Device" "/dev/sysmouse"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSection
It's not clear if ZAxisMapping is of any use.
I used to include this:
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "yes"
But there's a better way to do this. First find the mouse or mice:
=== grog@hydra (/dev/pts/23) ~ 369 -> xinput
⎡ Virtual core pointer id=2 [master pointer (3)]
⎜ ↳ Virtual core XTEST pointer id=4 [slave pointer (2)]
⎜ ↳ System mouse id=6 [slave pointer (2)]
⎜ ↳ Logitech USB Receiver id=11 [slave pointer (2)]
⎜ ↳ Telink 2.4G Mouse id=12 [slave pointer (2)]
⎣ Virtual core keyboard id=3 [master keyboard (2)]
↳ Virtual core XTEST keyboard id=5 [slave keyboard (3)]
↳ System keyboard multiplexer id=7 [slave keyboard (3)]
↳ Power Button id=8 [slave keyboard (3)]
↳ Logitech USB Receiver id=9 [slave keyboard (3)]
↳ vendor 0x0430 Sun USB Keyboard id=10 [slave keyboard (3)]
Yes, those are two mice. Next,
=== grog@hydra (/dev/pts/26) ~ 9 -> xinput list-props 11
Device 'Logitech USB Receiver':
Device Enabled (155): 1
...
libinput Middle Emulation Enabled (287): 0
libinput Middle Emulation Enabled Default (288): 0
The important thing here is the number 287 in that output. Next, note the name in the initial output and enter:
# Logitech mouse: find the ID
MOUSEID=$(xinput | grep -m 1 "Logitech USB" | sed 's/^.*id=\([0-9]*\)[ \t].*$/\1/')
xinput set-prop $MOUSEID 287 1 # Logitech
If the mouse has other buttons that can be remapped, do something like:
# Logitech mouse: find the ID
MOUSEID=$(xinput | grep -m 1 "Logitech USB" | sed 's/^.*id=\([0-9]*\)[ \t].*$/\1/')
# And set middle button to 8 and 9
xinput set-button-map $MOUSEID 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 2 2 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
That's the same assignment to MOUSEID. This sets buttons 8 and 9 to return button 2.
Built with Elisp scripts in /home/local/X/.fvwm.
See December 2023. Default settings are in /usr/local/lib/X11/app-defaults/XTerm.
https://forums.freebsd.org/threads/xterm-copy-paste-to-system-clipboard.91871/:
XTerm*selectToClipboard: true
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