From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Alan Shutko Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: X: standard method for "switching off" left mouse button? Date: Sat, 29 Mar 2003 23:08:04 GMT Organization: Optimum Online Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: <87smt5g4tl.fsf@wesley.springies.com> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1048980344 1279 80.91.224.249 (29 Mar 2003 23:25:44 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 29 Mar 2003 23:25:44 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Mar 30 00:25:42 2003 Return-path: Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 18zPhm-0000KF-00 for ; Sun, 30 Mar 2003 00:25:42 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10.13) id 18zPUq-0003wU-09 for gnu-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 29 Mar 2003 18:12:20 -0500 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!logbridge.uoregon.edu!gestalt.direcpc.com!cyclone2.usenetserver.com!news.webusenet.com!news01.optonline.net!news4.srv.hcvlny.cv.net.POSTED!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help User-Agent: Gnus/5.090016 (Oort Gnus v0.16) Emacs/21.3.50 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:0Q/bIG8Yzln2++vmnjqLD/mR7L4= Original-Lines: 16 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 24.47.114.19 Original-X-Trace: news4.srv.hcvlny.cv.net 1048979284 24.47.114.19 (Sat, 29 Mar 2003 18:08:04 EST) Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 29 Mar 2003 18:08:04 EST Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:111486 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1b5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: List-Unsubscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:7986 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:7986 Florian von Savigny writes: > I thought this might be a common problem with laptops: I am using a > laptop with a touchpad (or whatever that's called) which has the > feature that tapping on it is transmitted as a left mouse button > click. You don't want to turn off the left button, probably, you want to turn off that annoying feature, or change the sensitivity so that it's less annoying. If you're using Linux, the answer may be http://www.compass.com/synaptics/ . -- Alan Shutko - I am the rocks. Looking for a developer in St. Louis? http://web.springies.com/~ats/ "The place has all the atmosphere of a ground round." -- Nelson