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How to increase mouse wheel sensitivity with a modifier key?

The sensitivity of the mouse scroll wheel famously cannot be adjusted as is explained in this question and the many duplicates asking the same. I am wondering whether there is a simple fix available ...
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control mouse with keyboard and web browsing

I have lost my mouse functionality, and I have to work without it on my Ubuntu PC for a couple of days. I am OK with doing my stuffs without it on my computer. But I'm having no good time with web ...
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Where is “Show position of the mouse when the Control key is pressed” [duplicate]

I am using Ubuntu 13.04. CTRL Key in VirtualBox is not working for me, that's because the "Show position of the mouse..." is hogging the CTRL key. I don't see an option to disable this in the Mouse ...
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Setting to let mouse events pass through GUI application

I am using compiz to make an app transparent. I would like to be able to click through the app as well. Q: There are any settings in the GUI (Compiz) or via CLI to be able to set up an application ...
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Series of task to be done after a single stroke in Easystroke gesture recognition

I use easystroke for many tasks like command, key combination, etc. Now, I need to perform a series of tasks in a single stroke. For example: First i need to execute the command 'cryptkeeper'. ...
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Disable default mouse key actions

I have a Logitech MX510, 8-button mouse and I wanted all of them to be useful. I already set up the desired actions using xinput, xbindkeys and xev, and it works. The problem is that now the buttons ...
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How can I assign a custom command to a Logitech M705 mouse button? [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: How can I assign actions to all my mouse buttons? What are some of the issues with ccsm and why should I not use it? I want mouse button 9 to run ...
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Can't bind Super + w in xbindkeys, all other combos work fine

I am trying to set key bindings for my mouse buttons with xbindkeys and I'd like to set one of them to spread the windows as if I'd pressed Super + w but for some reason this one won't bind properly ...
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How can I paste text by pressing the left and right mouse buttons at the same time?

I am coming from Ubuntu 10. I just recently upgraded to 12.04 LTS. In 10, I use to be able to cut and paste from Terminal by selecting text, and just pressing my two mouse buttons. In 12.04, I ...
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Alt Tab with xdotool and xkeybind

I'm trying to map alt tab behavior to a mouse button using xdotool in my .xbindkeysrc. What I want to do is map something like "xdotools keydown alt key Tab" release b:7 but by doing this the alt ...
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New to emacs — my key bindings are different from what is described in the tutorials. How to fix this?

I'm using emacs v24 [GNU Emacs 24.0.94.1 (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 3.3.20) of 2012-03-26 on meitnerium, modified by Debian] on Kubuntu 12.04. My basic problem is that emacs is not behaving ...
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Gnome Shell mouse shortcut to switch workspace

How can I switch workspaces in gnome shell with extra mouse buttons? I`ve used to do it with compiz in unity and gnome2, but I can`t bind it in gnome shell. I want use both Up/Down and extra mouse ...
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Can I assign a keyboard shortcut to temporarily disable the “focus follows mouse” function? [closed]

I love focus follows mouse, but I was wondering if it could be disabled temporarily while the alt key was depressed? So while the alt key is pressed the mouse can leave the window, and any other ...
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How to control the mouse pointer via my keyboard?

How to control(or simulate) my mouse pointer movements using keyboard shortcuts (on Ubuntu 11.10).
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Where is the keyboard mouse feature in GNOME 3?

I'm using Gnome 3 on Ubuntu 11.10. I've used keyboard mouse (accessing mouse with keyboard) earlier by pressing Control+Shift+Num to activate it (see http://www.noah.org/wiki/Linux_Keyboard_Mouse). ...
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Guake bind to XF86Search

I want to bind my mouses XF86Search button to toggle/open the Guake terminal (it's the F12 key by default). So while I was running Ubuntu 10.04 this was working out of the box...I just had to install ...
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Mouse raises the wrong window after switching windows with keys

Prelude: I have focus follows mouse, and also raise focused window. When I switch windows with the keyboard (Alt-Tab), the new window gets focus and is raised. However, when the mouse pointer is ...
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Mouse bindings in GNOME 3 [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: Modifying Key- and Mouse-Bindings for GNOME Shell I'm interested in trying out GNOME Shell (which I like better than Unity), but I'm wondering if it's possible to bind ...
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Binding mouse buttons to copy and paste

Often I'm copying and pasting pieces of text. I'd like to streamline the process. Anyone know if it possible to bind (for example): Ctrl Right Click to Copy and Alt Right Click to Paste