[h-e-w] Re: Middle mouse button is <down-mouse-1> instead of mouse-2

[Christian Schlauer]

Jason Rumney <address@hidden> writes:

> Why is the default setting 5?

No idea. As I wrote, I started Emacs with -q --no-site-file. The 21.3
binary I use is the precompiled one from ftp.gnu.org.

> Does your mouse have two extra buttons (usually on the sides)?

No.

> If so, you might be able to use one of those as mouse-2. I think
> function-key-map might help with this, eg:
>
> (add-to-list 'function-key-map '(mouse-4 [mouse-2]))

I will tell that a colleague here who has the same problem (no
mouse-2), and he has a thumb button on the mouse. I'll check the value
of w32-num-mouse-buttons on his machine, too.

-- 
Christian Schlauer