[9fans] other mouse buttons in drawterm on a one mouse button mac laptop under OS X

[9fans] other mouse buttons in drawterm on a one mouse button mac laptop under OS X

[James Chapman]

Hi,

In drawterm middle-click is option-click and right-click is command-click.

In OS X in general right click is ctrl-click and in plan9 under vmware
fusion ctrl-click is right-click and command-click is middle-click.

Is there any reason for this discrepancy and can it be easily changed?

Best wishes,

James

Re: [9fans] other mouse buttons in drawterm on a one mouse button mac laptop under OS X

[Russ Cox]

> In drawterm middle-click is option-click and right-click is command-click.
>
> In OS X in general right click is ctrl-click and in plan9 under vmware
> fusion ctrl-click is right-click and command-click is middle-click.
>
> Is there any reason for this discrepancy and can it be easily changed?

I don't see the discrepancy.  You said that
OS X and Plan 9 agree about ctrl meaning right click.

Regardless, the easiest fix is to buy a 3-button mouse.

Russ

Re: [9fans] other mouse buttons in drawterm on a one mouse button mac laptop under OS X

[James Chapman]

On Tue, Sep 7, 2010 at 2:16 AM, Russ Cox <rsc@swtch.com> wrote:
>> In drawterm middle-click is option-click and right-click is command-click.
>>
>> In OS X in general right click is ctrl-click and in plan9 under vmware
>> fusion ctrl-click is right-click and command-click is middle-click.
>>
>> Is there any reason for this discrepancy and can it be easily changed?
>
> I don't see the discrepancy.  You said that
> OS X and Plan 9 agree about ctrl meaning right click.

Yes but drawterm doesn't agree: command (apple key) means right click
and option means middle click.

James

Re: [9fans] other mouse buttons in drawterm on a one mouse button mac laptop under OS X

[Russ Cox]

On Tue, Sep 7, 2010 at 1:22 AM, James Chapman <james@cs.ioc.ee> wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 7, 2010 at 2:16 AM, Russ Cox <rsc@swtch.com> wrote:
>>> In drawterm middle-click is option-click and right-click is command-click.
>>>
>>> In OS X in general right click is ctrl-click and in plan9 under vmware
>>> fusion ctrl-click is right-click and command-click is middle-click.
>>>
>>> Is there any reason for this discrepancy and can it be easily changed?
>>
>> I don't see the discrepancy.  You said that
>> OS X and Plan 9 agree about ctrl meaning right click.
>
> Yes but drawterm doesn't agree: command (apple key) means right click
> and option means middle click.

Oh, I see.  I'm not terribly inclined to change that.
Drawterm has used those keys for longer than there
has been OS X support and many people have that
muscle memory well trained.  It is also consistent
with plan9port.  I think that it's consistent with what
Plan 9 used to do too, but I might be misremembering.
(It looks like now there is a dedicated key for each button.)

Russ

Re: [9fans] other mouse buttons in drawterm on a one mouse button mac laptop under OS X

[EBo]

>> Yes but drawterm doesn't agree: command (apple key) means right click
>> and option means middle click.
>
> Oh, I see.  I'm not terribly inclined to change that.
> Drawterm has used those keys for longer than there
> has been OS X support and many people have that
> muscle memory well trained.  It is also consistent
> with plan9port.  I think that it's consistent with what
> Plan 9 used to do too, but I might be misremembering.
> (It looks like now there is a dedicated key for each button.)

Is there some way that the user can set/map their personal preferences?

  EBo --

Re: [9fans] other mouse buttons in drawterm on a one mouse button mac laptop under OS X

[Paul Lalonde]

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It's easy to change and recompile.

Paul

On Tue, Sep 7, 2010 at 8:10 AM, EBo <ebo@sandien.com> wrote:

>
>
> >> Yes but drawterm doesn't agree: command (apple key) means right click
> >> and option means middle click.
> >
> > Oh, I see.  I'm not terribly inclined to change that.
> > Drawterm has used those keys for longer than there
> > has been OS X support and many people have that
> > muscle memory well trained.  It is also consistent
> > with plan9port.  I think that it's consistent with what
> > Plan 9 used to do too, but I might be misremembering.
> > (It looks like now there is a dedicated key for each button.)
>
> Is there some way that the user can set/map their personal preferences?
>
>  EBo --
>
>
>


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Re: [9fans] other mouse buttons in drawterm on a one mouse button mac laptop under OS X

[EBo]

> It's easy to change and recompile.

I should have stated "to reconfigure function keys without recompiling the
system".  For the original posters needs this is likely the way to go, but
I wondered about multi-user systems (if that is even meaningful with
drawterm).

  EBo --

Re: [9fans] other mouse buttons in drawterm on a one mouse button mac laptop under OS X

[EBo]

ack... I meant that changing and compiling is the way to go, not mucking
with user specific settings.

Time for a break...

>> It's easy to change and recompile.
>
> I should have stated "to reconfigure function keys without recompiling
the
> system".  For the original posters needs this is likely the way to go,
but
> I wondered about multi-user systems (if that is even meaningful with
> drawterm).

Re: [9fans] other mouse buttons in drawterm on a one mouse button mac laptop under OS X

[Paul Lalonde]

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You could intercept /dev/mouse on the cpu server and swap the buttons there
before starting rio.  That's per-user.

Paul

On Tue, Sep 7, 2010 at 1:14 PM, EBo <ebo@sandien.com> wrote:

>
>
> > It's easy to change and recompile.
>
> I should have stated "to reconfigure function keys without recompiling the
> system".  For the original posters needs this is likely the way to go, but
> I wondered about multi-user systems (if that is even meaningful with
> drawterm).
>
>  EBo --
>
>
>


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