VGA out, avi weirdness (was Re: [Techtalk] sonypid/spicctrl)

[Kathryn Andersen]

On Sun, Aug 18, 2002 at 04:45:25PM -0700, Conni wrote:
> On Aug 19, Hamster conjectured:
> 
> > >... Hmm, should the 'Emulate 3 buttons' section be commented out or left 
> > > in?  Am I editing the right config file?  (Someone said once that I should
> > > edit an XFree4 config file, but I can't seem to find it.)
> > 
> > This shouldnt affect too much. It just means that when selected (ie
> > not commented out) X will treat the simultaneous pressing of both left
> > and right mouse buttons as being the middle button on a 3 button
> > mouse.
> 
> Yeah.  But if I have a true third button, I shouldn't need to emulate
> that, right?

True, you don't *need* to, but it doesn't do any harm.  That way, if it
doesn't happen to recognise that your mouse is a 3-button mouse, you
still have the third button ability anyway.

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