Re: FVWM: using mousebuttons

From: Klaus Umbach <Klaus.Umbach_at_fvwmwiki.org>
Date: Sat, 04 Sep 2004 15:52:48 +0200

Am Mi, den 01.09.2004 schrieb Dominik Vogt um 15:35:
> On Wed, Sep 01, 2004 at 01:52:31PM +0000, Klaus Umbach wrote:
> > Hello support-center,
> >
> > I am the proud owner of a Logitech Mx310, a Mouse with 8 buttons
> > (including the wheel). Button 8 is not detected by X, but the buttons 6
> > and 7.
> > Now I want to use the buttons 6 and 7 with fvwm, which does not work.
> >
> > Mouse 6 R A DynMenu
> >
> > Is this an my fault, or a missing feature (fvwm 2.5.10 with
> > gentoo-patches)?
>
> Hint: Did you look at the error message generated by the binding?

[FVWM.1][ParseBinding]: <<WARNING>> Got mouse button 6 when the maximum
is 5.
You can't bind complex functions to this button. To suppress this
warning, use: Silent Mouse 6 R A DynMenu



>
> In general, fvwm supports all button numbers up to 9, but X
> supports any button > 5 only partially. There are no bit masks
> for these buttons in X, so dragging with these buttons or running
> complex functions does not work. However, you should be able to
> bind a simple function like
>
> Mouse 6 R A Raise
>
> or
>
> Mouse 6 R A Schedule 0 DynMenu
>
> If this does not work, it's a bug in fvwm.

Well, it seems, that there is a bug, it does not work here. :-(
Neither on :0.0 nor on :0.1

Klaus

>
> Ciao
>
> Dominik ^_^ ^_^
>
> --
> Dominik Vogt, dominik.vogt_at_gmx.de
> Reply-To: dominik.vogt_at_gmx.de
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