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Re: IDL: from Sun to MsWindows [message #1084]

Fri, 04 June 1993 06:54

thompson
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Registered: August 1991

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hadfield_m@kosmos.wcc.govt.nz writes:

> Bill Thompson writes:

>>
>> Another thing to avoid is software that using all three mouse buttons (for
>> example the routine ZOOM in the standard IDL user's library). Some PCs seem to
>> be capable of supporting this, and some don't. It does appear, however, that
>> one always has the left (!ERR=1) and right (!ERR=4) buttons available.
>>

> I raised this with RSI (I have a Microsoft-pattern mouse) and got the following
> response:

>> From: RSI email support <support@rsinc.com>

>> Subject: Re: Mouse in IDL for MS Windows

>> DEAR MARK,

>> I believe that you can overcome a missing center mouse button by pushing
>> both buttons (right and left) at the same time. This should emulate the
>> center button function.

>> Anne Fegley

> I must confess that I haven't actually tried it yet!

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I did, but that doesn't seem to always work either. (What happens when IDL
starts running on a MacIntosh which only has a single mouse button--maybe IDL
will start to understand double-clicks?)

Bill Thompson

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		Re: IDL: from Sun to MsWindows By: thompson on Fri, 04 June 1993 06:54
		Re: IDL: from Sun to MsWindows By: hadfield_m on Thu, 03 June 1993 18:12
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