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<TITLE>The 3 Button Serial Mouse mini-HOWTO: Introduction </TITLE>
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<H2><A NAME="s2">2. Introduction </A></H2>
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<P>The most recent version of this document can always be found at
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<A HREF="http://kipper.york.ac.uk/mouse.html">http://kipper.york.ac.uk/mouse.html</A><P>There is a Japanese translation at
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<A HREF="http://jf.gee.kyoto-u.ac.jp/JF/JF-ftp/euc/3-Button-Mouse.euc">http://jf.gee.kyoto-u.ac.jp/JF/JF-ftp/euc/3-Button-Mouse.euc</A>;
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and a French one at
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<A HREF="http://www.freenix.fr/linux/HOWTO/mini/3-Button-Mouse.html">http://www.freenix.fr/linux/HOWTO/mini/3-Button-Mouse.html</A>.
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Other translations may be available - check your local LDP mirrors.
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<P>Most X applications are written with the assumption that the user will
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be working with a 3 button mouse. Serial mice are commonly used on
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computers and are cheap to buy. Many of these mice have 3 buttons and
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claim to use the Microsoft protocol, which in theory means they are
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ideal for the X windows setup. (The record for the cheapest working
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3 button mouse currently stands at $1.14!)
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<P>Most dual-protocol mice will work in two modes:
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<UL>
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<LI>2-button Microsoft mode.</LI>
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<LI>3-button MouseSystems mode.</LI>
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</UL>
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This document leads you through the different steps needed to configure your
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mouse in these two different modes, especially the steps needed to use the
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more useful 3-button mode.
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<P>As distributions become easier to set up, some of the problems ought to go away.
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For instance, RedHat have a <CODE>mouseconfig</CODE> program to set things up for you.
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However, some versions of RH5.0 had a bug in <CODE>mouseconfig</CODE>, so make
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sure you check for patches.
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