On Tue, Jul 23, 2013 at 03:29:59PM +0100, Chris Walker wrote:
I do have xte and I have just created a default .xbindkeysrc file. That has this in it :- # specify a mouse button "xterm" control + b:2
Is that likely to interfere with my requirements?
I don't think so.
I also created a .Xmodmap file using the command 'xmodmap -pke > ~/.Xmodmap' and haven't changed that.
Should be OK.
To avoid confusion, I reset the 90-evoluent.conf file back to the defaults of 1 2 3 4 etc but nothing seems to change. I still don't get a double click on anything (I rebooted for good measure).
Yes, I avoid the Xorg configuration stuff as far as possible now as it gets overwritten every time you update and isn't supposed to be necessary at all.
I have just run 'xinput test 8' and confirmed that the bottom button on my mouse is back to being button 8 and with the same .xbindkeysrc setup as yours I don't get a double click. In fact I don't appear to get anything at all on the desktop icons. Is that important too? Will these things only happen when used on a window?
Your .xbindkeysrc and .Xmodmap should get run at login so should affect everything in the X GUI, mine certainly seem to.
If you've copied my .xbindkeysrc your mouse will have to have buttons 8 and 9, these are the double and triple click ones. (It's a 5 button trackball, conventional buttons 1, 2 and 3 plus two extra buttons which are buttons 8 and 9)
Use xev to find what events your button clicks are generating, that should help you progress.