Buttons on Mice (Was: some thoughts..)

[Florian Hars <fm5a014 math uni-hamburg de>]

On Wed, 6 May 1998, Andreas Kostyrka wrote:
> That's a X11 configuration problem. I know this is sometimes a problem
> when hardware shopping, but Unix/X11 usually uses three button mice.
> (Even if X11 supports I believe B1 tru B5)

Yes, and somewhere in GDK there is also some code to distinguish single to
triple clicks on each of these. Imagine this: every button of your UI can
have 15 different meanings, depending on how you click it. "Should I
double click Mouse-4 or triple click Mouse-5 on the <Save>-button to get
backup versions numberd in lowercase roman numbers?" 

- Florian.
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