At 7:21 Uhr +0100 13.02.1998, Colin Wood wrote:
>Justin R. Smith wrote:
>
>Although I could easily be wrong on this one, I don't think that our X
>server actually looks at any command line options (at least not any
>mac68k-specific ones).  That's probably something that should be worked
>on.  However, the X server isn't doing the "optionmouse" stuff, anyway,
>it's actually the NetBSD kernel that does it (although perhaps this should
>change....I haven't quite figured out how it should work yet...)
>
>> I've installed 'lesstif', a freeware version of Motif. Although it works
>> well, it requires one to click and drag the right mouse button to quit (and
>> I'm not that much of a contorsionist: I have to put a weight on the option
>> key while I press the right arrow button and slide the mouse...)

[...]

>BTW, assuming you have a newer than 1.2D kernel, you can use
>option-1, option-2, and option-3 key combos to emulate the 1st, 2nd, and
>3rd mouse buttons, respectively.

Now this is where I have to chime in...

<rant>
This "convenience" option <opt>-{1,2,3} has badly broken support for int'l
keyboard mapping, as i pointed out in port-mac68k/4929.
For non-American language support (yes, there is a world 8) you _do_ need
<opt>-key combinations. As a result, with a German kbd mapping, I cannot
type "@" because the kernel insists this is the left mouse button. Yeuch.

IMNSHO _if_ there has to be any remapping from key combinations to mouse
buttons it should be done by the X server and be *configurable* -- the
kernel has no business in this.
</rant>

Sorry to come on so strong, but it was a major PITA to spend an evening
hacking out a correct German kbd layout just to find out that some ignorant
US citizen had "recycled" important keys for "other things".  ;)

I couldn't even send-pr from the box because the "@" was missing!

	hauke


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