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From: "Robert Mark Bram" <relaxedrob AT optushome DOT com DOT au>
To: "Cygwin" <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
Subject: RE: Cygwin with ScrollWheel Mouse on Win XP 
Date: Wed, 15 Jan 2003 22:56:49 +1100
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Wow - I found the solution!

Properties for the Cygwin window.. open the Options tab.. make sure
QuickEdit Mode and Insert Mode is selected. That's all I needed to allow the
mouse wheel to scroll in Cygwin under Windows XP!

Rob
:)

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Robert Mark Bram [mailto:relaxedrob AT optushome DOT com DOT au]
> Sent: Wednesday, 15 January 2003 10:42 PM
> To: Cygwin
> Subject: RE: Cygwin with ScrollWheel Mouse on Win XP
>
>
> Howdy Abe,
>
> Thanks for the advice. I checked this.
>
> I am running Microsoft IntelliPoint driver for a standard Wheel
> Mouse. Wheel button is assigned to AutoScroll, though I cannot
> find an option for "Use MS Office Compatible Scroll Only".
>
> I event tried to add bash.exe and cygstart.exe to a list of
> programs for which IntelliPoint will disable its own support.
>
> Any further ideas would be most appreciated!
>
> Rob
> :)
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Abraham Backus [mailto:abraham AT backus DOT com]
> > Sent: Wednesday, 15 January 2003 6:15 AM
> > To: Cygwin
> > Subject: Re: Cygwin with ScrollWheel Mouse on Win XP
> >
> >
> > A common problem that I hit with mouse wheels is that the wheel
> often gets
> > assigned by default to a setting that is incompatible with a lot of
> > applications.  If you go into the Mouse control panel and assign
> > your mouse
> > wheel to "Autoscroll" and check the "Use MS Office Compatible
> Scroll Only"
> > box, this should fix your problems.
> >
> > -Abe
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > > I have just installed Cygwin on my new XP system after being
> very happy
> > with
> > > Cygwin on Win2k. My problem at the moment is that my scrolling on my
> > scroll
> > > wheel mouse is not working - I have tried both bash and sh. Is there a
> > > specific package I need to install to support scrolling?
> >
> >
> >



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