[plug] mouse butons

[Grahame Bowland]

On Thu, 2002-01-24 at 12:34, Ryan wrote:
>  
> > How do I change around the mouse buttons to create a
> > 'left-handed' mouse. 
> > 
> > I have tried adding -B 321 to the gpm.conf file, but
> > it does not seem work. Is there an Xwindows file I
> > also need to edit. The window manager is IceWM.
> > 
> > Anne Busby
> > 
> 
> http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=navclient&q=linux+X+left+handed+mouse
> 
> 1 - http://www.ph.utexas.edu/~help/faq/linux.html#x2
> 
> 	xmodmap -e "pointer = 3 2 1"

If you have a wheel mouse, do
  xmodmap -e "pointer = 3 2 1 4 5"
not 
  xmodmap -e "pointer = 5 4 3 2 1"
which a left handed co-worker did, with amusing results.

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