diff --git a/content/posts/2011-07-21-invert-mouse-scroll-wheel-in-debian.md b/content/posts/2011-07-21-invert-mouse-scroll-wheel-in-debian.md index aee5c65..77f63fe 100644 --- a/content/posts/2011-07-21-invert-mouse-scroll-wheel-in-debian.md +++ b/content/posts/2011-07-21-invert-mouse-scroll-wheel-in-debian.md @@ -14,26 +14,32 @@ categories: - Hacks --- -I’ve been using the beta of MacOS X Lion for a few weeks now, and after a few days of initial annoyance I’ve grown to really like the inverted sense of the scroll wheel. I recall when I first got one, in fact, and found the direction downright confusing. This seems to have been an easy behaviour to unlearn. +I've been using the beta of MacOS X Lion for a few weeks now, and after a few days of initial annoyance I've grown to really like the inverted sense of the scroll wheel. I recall when I first got one, in fact, and found the direction downright confusing. This seems to have been an easy behaviour to unlearn. -My desktop box at work runs Debian, and I wanted the same behaviour there to stop me getting split-brain and dribbling a lot. There was a time when a quick change in xorg.conf to `ZAxisMapping "5 4"` would do this, but it’s not so the modern age of HIDs and evdevs. After a bit of messing about I figured out how to flip the scroll wheel. This will probably work for Ubuntu too. +My desktop box at work runs Debian, and I wanted the same behaviour there to +stop me getting split-brain and dribbling a lot. There was a time when a quick +change in xorg.conf to `ZAxisMapping "5 4"` would do this, but it's not so the +modern age of HIDs and evdevs. After a bit of messing about I figured out how +to flip the scroll wheel. This will probably work for Ubuntu too. * Open the file `/usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/10-evdev.conf` * Look for the section with `MatchIsPointer "on"`. It’s at the top by default. * Add this line: - - `Option "ButtonMapping" "1 2 3 5 4 6 7 8" -

` - Add more buttons if you need them for your mouse. The section should look like: + +``` +Option "ButtonMapping" "1 2 3 5 4 6 7 8" +``` + + * Add more buttons if you need them for your mouse. The section should look like: - `
-Section "InputClass"
- Identifier "evdev pointer catchall"
- MatchIsPointer "on"
- MatchDevicePath "/dev/input/event*"
- Driver "evdev"
- Option "ButtonMapping" "1 2 3 5 4 6 7 8"
-EndSection
-` +``` +Section "InputClass" + Identifier "evdev pointer catchall" + MatchIsPointer "on" + MatchDevicePath "/dev/input/event*" + Driver "evdev" + Option "ButtonMapping" "1 2 3 5 4 6 7 8" +EndSection +``` - That’s it! Just restart X. \ No newline at end of file +That's it! Just restart X.