Linux + ibook

[Stelios Bounanos]

 >>>>> On Fri, 20 Dec 2002 08:15:13 +0200 (EET), Dimitris Tasoulis
 >>>>> <dtas at math.upatras.gr> was rumoured to have said:

 > On Thu, 19 Dec 2002, Άγγελος Οικονομόπουλος wrote:
 >> On Thursday 19 December 2002 18:04, Constantinos Antoniou wrote:
 >> > On Thu, 2002-12-19 at 10:24, Giorgos Keramidas wrote:
 >> 
 >> > > dedomenwn, eidika se ergasies opou einai anagkaia h antigrafh merous
 >> > > kapoias parousiashs apo .pdf se allo .pdf oute koubenta na ginetai
 >> > > bebaia :/
 >> >
 >> > Swsta, alla ayto den einai thema. Exoume ta original docs/sxw/tex/you
 >> > name it gia ayti ti douleia. :)
 >> 
 >> Κοίτα, ξέρω ότι θα σου είναι δύσκολο να το πιστέψεις, αλλά υπάρχουν και 
 >> άνθρωποι που δεν μπορούν να διανοηθούν ότι δεν έχεις το Microsoft Word[0] 
 >> και που αν τους στείλεις attachment με κατάληξη .latex θα το περάσουν για 
 >> ιο, ακόμα και^W^W_κυρίως_ αν το έχουν ανοίξει πρώτα με το Wordpad και 
 >> μπορεί κάποτε να χρειαστεί να δουλέψεις μαζί τους.
 >> 
 >> [0] την τελευταία από τις 1024 φορές που χρειάστηκε να "συζητήσω" το θέμα με 
 >> κάποιον διδάσκοντα, γύρω στους 30 συμφοιτητές (είμασταν σε αίθουσα) 
 >> έσπευσαν να μου εξηγήσουν "πως δουλεύουν τα πράγματα" και προσφέρθηκαν να 
 >> μου αντιγράψουν το Word 8)

 > I prosopiki mou apopsi gia aytoys poy gnorizoun "πως δουλεύουν τα 
 > πράγματα" kai "που δεν μπορούν να διανοηθούν ότι δεν έχεις το Microsoft 
 > Word" prospa8o mono na tous vgalo apo tin agnoia tous tan einai dinaton 
 > alios tou afino stin omixli stin opoia zoun.

 > To 8ema den itan vevaia to document format.
 > Auto pou me endiefere emena perisotero itan an 8a douleyei to modem sto 
 > linux px.

 > Genika to provlima opos to skeftomai tora einai to ena pliktro tou 
 > pontikiou pou eixa teleios 3exasei! 
 > Iparxei tropos na kano emulate to de3i pliktro me kapoio allo koumpi tou 
 > keyboard??

Ola ta prosfata XFree poy exw dei exoyn etoimo ena keypad-mouse-mode
to opoio kaneis toggle me Shift-NumLock:

(Quote to FAQ toy comp.windows.x)


If you have the X Keyboard (XKB) Extension, you can enable mouse keys, which
makes it possible to generate mouse motion and button events using the
keyboard.   Events generated by MouseKeys are completely transparent -- they
will work with any application that connects to a server that has the X
Keyboard Extension, regardless of whether the application itself uses XKB.

XKB is enabled by default in X11R6.1.  

First, set up the Num Lock key so that Shift+Num_Lock toggles mouse keys:

 xmodmap -e "keysym Num_lock = Num_Lock Pointer_EnableKeys"

(XFree86 3.1.2E is based on R6.1 and has the X Keyboard Extension; it also
has a binding to Pointer_EnableKeys in its default keymap.  You use
Alt+Shift+Num_Lock to toggle MouseKeys on and off.  If you are using an
earlier release of X or XFree86, you won't have XKB and the instructions will
not work. See http://www.XFree86.org/FAQ for more information.)

You might also have to turn off server num lock for this to work.  
Now press "Shift+Num_Lock" to enable MouseKeys.  When MouseKeys are on:

o)   The keypad arrow keys move the pointer
o)   The keypad '5' key behaves like the 'default' pointer button
o)   The keypad '0' key locks the default pointer button (for easy dragging)
o)   The keypad '.' key unlock the default pointer button (to release a drag)
o)   The keypad '+' key double-clicks the default pointer button.
o)   The keypad '/' key sets the 'default' button to Button1
o)   The keypad '*' key sets the default button to Button2
o)   The keypad '-' key sets the default button to Button3

This is the default configuration, but the mechanism allows for nearly
infinite configurability.

[thanks to Erik Fortune (erik at westworld.engr.sgi.com), 6/96]



 > Dimitris Tasoulis
 >> 
 >> 

Rgds,
/-sb.