Re: [pygame] Button-2 Emulation on MSWin

[Luke Paireepinart <rabidpoobear@xxxxxxxxx>]

James Paige wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 05, 2006 at 10:17:18AM -0500, jim@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
>   
> > Greetings,
> >
> > I'm trying to bring pysweeper up to the functionality of
> > the native MS Windows minesweeper.
> >
> > I see this comment on the pygame.mouse page:
> >
> >     
> > > This effect (1 + 3 = 2) is caused by your X.org/XServer
> > > mouse configuration section, which allows to emulate the
> > > middle button by clicking both the left and right mouse
> > > button at the same time.
> > >       
> > Anyone know why this doesn't work on MSWin?
> >
> > Thanks in advance,
> >
> > --jim
> >     
>
> middle button emulation (left+right=middle) is provided by the X-server, 
> which does not exist at all on Windows. If you want the same feature on 
> Windows, you need to check for both buttons manually yourself (that is 
> better for GNU/Linux also, since not all X-windows configurations 
> are guaranteed to have middle button emulation enabled)
>
> ---
> James Paige
>
>   
Yes, thank you James, you confirmed my suspicions.
the code I sent should work, then, in all cases, jim.
cheers.
-Luke