From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Florian von Savigny Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: X: standard method for "switching off" left mouse button? Date: 29 Mar 2003 23:10:18 +0100 Organization: Linux Private Site Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1048978679 29728 80.91.224.249 (29 Mar 2003 22:57:59 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 29 Mar 2003 22:57:59 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Mar 29 23:57:58 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 18zPGv-0007j0-00 for ; Sat, 29 Mar 2003 23:57:57 +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 18zObv-0006Ah-06 for gnu-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 29 Mar 2003 17:15:35 -0500 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newsfeed.icl.net!newsfeed.fjserv.net!newsfeed.freenet.de!feed.news.nacamar.de!news.belwue.de!news.uni-stuttgart.de!rz.uni-karlsruhe.de!news.schlund.de!schlund.de!news.online.de!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 28 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: pd9506f41.dip0.t-ipconnect.de Original-X-Trace: online.de 1048975873 28582 217.80.111.65 (29 Mar 2003 22:11:13 GMT) Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@einsundeins.com Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 29 Mar 2003 22:11:13 +0000 (UTC) X-Newsreader: Gnus v5.7/Emacs 20.6 Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:111485 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:7985 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:7985 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. Because of its position, my hands cannot stay away from the touch pad (right between them) while touch-typing, and every few minutes, they generate a left mouse button click which puts point in an awkward position ... it is very annoying, especially if you recognize it some ten keystrokes later ... I think I'd be able to go the brute force approach of redefining the bindings for the left mouse button to a command that does nothing, but I wonder whether there's a more elegant way. It would be nice to have a simple command to simply "suspend" the mouse bindings for the left button, such that I can turn them back on when I need them. Is there any such thing around? Can anybody give me hints apart from that? I'd appreciate a lot. -- Florian v. Savigny If you are going to reply in private, please be patient, as I only check for mail something like once a week. - Si vous allez répondre personellement, patientez s.v.p., car je ne lis les courriels qu'environ une fois par semaine.