Re: Configuring extra buttons on MS Trackball Explorer

Aaron WIlcox wrote:
> Brad Barnett wrote:
>> This depends upon your window manager.
>>
>> I haven't looked into Gnome for a while, and if they're using 
>> Metacity, I
>> don't believe they support more than 5 buttons native.
>>
>> (scroll up + down are button 4 + 5)
>>
>> Nor does KDE/kwin.
>>
>> Anyhow, unless you want to use a cool WM like Sawfish, then you'll need
>> to use something like  imwheel to map the mouse buttons to keyboard
>> actions.  That is, if you want those mouse buttons to do something more
>> specific than just doubling for what other mouse buttons already do.
>>
>> You don't just want those buttons to dupe for others, do you?
>>
>> On Sun, 22 Feb 2009 18:26:56 -0500
>> Aaron WIlcox <[email protected]> wrote:
>>   
> Actually, that's exactly what I want to do.  On the Trackball Explorer 
> the traditional "mouse button" fingers are used to move the trackball, 
> and the thumb is left to handle all the tradition mouse buttons (left, 
> right, scroll/middle).  What I've always done in the past is map the 
> extra two buttons (Button 8 & 9 according to xev) to buttons 2 & 3 
> (middle & right click), so I can use my ring finger & pinkie to handle 
> middle & right clicking.
The "xinput" utility will allow me to remap mouse buttons, but it won't 
allow mapping multiple physical buttons to the same logical button.  
Ideas, anyone?

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