[GNC] Button1 & Button2

[Chris Green]

On Fri, Oct 23, 2020 at 08:20:52AM -0600, Bert Riding wrote:
> On Fri, 23 Oct 2020 09:21:27 +0100
> Chris Green <cl at isbd.net> wrote:
> 
> > On Thu, Oct 22, 2020 at 05:30:43PM -0400, D. via gnucash-user wrote:
> > > I was under the impression that "Button1" refers to the primary
> > > button, and "Button2" refers to the secondary one. Those were
> > > typically called the left mouse and right mouse buttons,
> > > respectively, but with customizable hardware, directional
> > > references were discouraged. But, I'm not any sort of expert. 
> > >   
> > That's certainly my understanding in the Linux world if the original
> > reference was actually to mouse buttons and not on-screen buttons.
> > 
> As I understand it, in the X windowing system button 1 is the left
> button, button 2 is the middle button, and button 3 is the right
> button.  These assignments can be changed in the config files.
> Unfortunately this does not seem to fit the manual well.  
> 
The usual default settings are 'Left - Button 1', 'Right - Button 2'
and 'Middle - button 3'.  Many systems will emulate button 3 with a
simultaneous press of buttons 1 and 2.

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Chris Green