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#1 Post by techbiker »

When you already discuss mouse setup - does anybody know if there is a way to setup the mouse for left hand users? This feature is omitted in all small Live distros.

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#2 Post by Rich »

apologies if this sounds daft..........

Do left handers switch the left and right buttons ( or prefer to anyway ).
it's just that if you have a left hand drive car , the pedals are in the same configuration as a RHD one. I'd have thought this would apply to mouse usage too........it would appear that I'm not quite correct though !

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#3 Post by Pizzasgood »

Poor man's left-hand mouse: Take a screwdriver. Open the mouse. Find the wires leading from buttons. Remove the end of both wires. Resolder to opposite terminal. Close up mouse. Enjoy. :)

I, for one, am left handed, but I use the mouse with my right hand. When I do need to use my left hand, I just flip-flop my fingers (in my head, not real life. That could get messy....). But I also eat cold oatmeal, sing raps about cheesecake, and walk twice as fast as everyone else, so...
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#4 Post by GuestToo »

to make your mouse left handed, add this line to /root/.xinitrc

xmodmap -e 'pointer = 3 2 1 4 5'

if it's a 3 button mouse with no wheel, the line will be:

xmodmap -e 'pointer = 3 2 1'

if it's a 2 button mouse (get a new mouse, linux uses the middle button a lot):

xmodmap -e 'pointer = 2 1'

add the line somewhere before:
exec $CURRENTWM
(or it won't get executed)

you should have a left-handed mouse when X starts
you can execute the command in an rxvt window if you want

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#5 Post by Rich »

GuestToo to the rescue again. 8)

is there a Tips page in the Wiki for just this kind of thing??
If there isn't there certainly should be !

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#6 Post by Lobster »

Thanks GuestToo
Have added this tip to the wiki

http://www.goosee.com/puppy/wikka/HowTo

Who else has a tip?
It can go here also . . .
http://www.goosee.com/puppy/wikka/HintAndTips

Maybe the pages should be combined?
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