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Conceptually I love Acme, but the three-button mouse thing has turned out to be a real problem for me. I don't think I can work without a scroll mouse, and I've

by pdw 14y ago

Conceptually I love Acme, but the three-button mouse thing has turned out to be a real problem for me. I don't think I can work without a scroll mouse, and I've never found a mouse that has both three real buttons and a scroll wheel. Can anybody recommend one?

awood 14y ago
The scroll wheel can be clicked as a middle mouse button on most mice.
- pdw 14y ago
  That's true, but it's very awkward. In Acme, the middle button means 'execute command'. You need to press it constantly, often in combination with other buttons. A clickable scroll wheel is not good enough.
  - srik 14y ago
    Maybe a mouse with touch scroll
jff 14y ago
You can click the scroll wheel, although I find that causes hand pain for me. Another option would be http://www.amazon.com/IBM-3-Button-Scrollpoint-Optical-Mouse/dp/B00007DTC6 http://www.amazon.com/IBM-3-Button-Scrollpoint-Optical-Mouse... but in my opinion the scrollpoint kinda sucks.
thebigshane 14y ago
I think the Evoluent mouse gets recommended by Acme users. http://www.evoluent.com/ http://www.evoluent.com/ http://www.amazon.com/Evoluent-Vertical-Mouse-Right-Handed/dp/B00427TAIK http://www.amazon.com/Evoluent-Vertical-Mouse-Right-Handed/d... http://russ.cox.usesthis.com http://russ.cox.usesthis.com -- `rsc`, do you still use this setup?
- rsc 14y ago
  Yes, that's still my mouse of choice. On a Mac you need a 3rd-party tool like 'USB Overdrive' to remap the buttons correctly. On Linux you can use xmodmap.