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[Bug 120102] Re: Mouseemu uses strange defaults

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From: Ricky Campbell <cyberdork33@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 05 Mar 2009 21:31:31 -0000
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*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 251830 ***
    https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/251830

** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 251830
   Mouseemu installed, not wanted

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Mouseemu uses strange defaults 
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/120102
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Status in “mouseemu” source package in Ubuntu: Confirmed

Bug description:
Binary package hint: mouseemu

When mouseemu is used - which it is in default installs on the MacBook - the F11 and F12 keys are used by default as middle-click and right-click.
This is a very odd and unintuitive choice for a default - most users don't expect to use F keys to do mouse clicks.  Can a saner default be used in the next version?  I figure left-Command (Apple) and right-Command are good choices - and Command-click would be good if the combination was workable.  That would be closer to what is used on OS X (which is ctrl-click).