Question about mapping Control and Meta keys to mouse buttons

Question about mapping Control and Meta keys to mouse buttons

[Gray Calhoun]

Hi,
  I'd like to map the control key and the meta key to mouse buttons 1 
and 3 -- I'm working on a laptop and the mouse buttons are conveniently 
located under my thumbs.  Ideally, I'd move the mouse buttons to the 
keyboard, but I'm not concerned if I lose the mouse's functionality 
entirely.  Is it possible to do this within emacs, or does it need to 
happen outside of emacs?  I'm using version 22.2.1 in Debian, if it 
makes a difference.

Thanks!
--Gray

Re: Question about mapping Control and Meta keys to mouse buttons

[Peter Dyballa]

Am 04.04.2009 um 07:29 schrieb Gray Calhoun:

> I'd like to map the control key and the meta key to mouse buttons 1  
> and 3

It's not likely to work – at least the standard utility xmodmap has  
no means to map a pointer key to a keyboard key and vice-versa.

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Re: Question about mapping Control and Meta keys to mouse buttons

[Gray Calhoun]

Thanks for your answer.  I want to just clarify one more thing: is 
moving the modifier keys (control, meta, shift, etc.) is something that 
needs to be done outside of emacs?  I know that swapping caps lock and 
control needs to be done at the desktop level, but it's not clear to me 
whether that's because of the special nature of caps lock or the special 
nature of the control key (or both).

Best,
Gray

Peter Dyballa wrote:
>
> Am 04.04.2009 um 07:29 schrieb Gray Calhoun:
>
>> I'd like to map the control key and the meta key to mouse buttons 1 
>> and 3
>
> It's not likely to work – at least the standard utility xmodmap has no 
> means to map a pointer key to a keyboard key and vice-versa.
>
> -- 
> Greetings
>
>   Pete
>
> I love deadlines. I love the whooshing noise they make as they go by.
>                 – Douglas Adams
>
>
>
>

Re: Question about mapping Control and Meta keys to mouse buttons

[Peter Dyballa]

Am 05.04.2009 um 18:48 schrieb Gray Calhoun:

> is moving the modifier keys (control, meta, shift, etc.) is  
> something that needs to be done outside of emacs?

I don't know GNU Emacs internals well enough.

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Greetings

   Pete

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