Re: [h-e-w] Get mouse to scroll active window?

[Galen Boyer]

On Tue, 11 Dec 2001, address@hidden wrote:
> 
> In 21.1.1, is there any way to get the wheel on the mouse to
> scroll the active window?  I usually have 3 or 4 windows, and
> it always scrolls the same one, regardless of where my cursor
> is.

I believe if you click in a window, the third button should
scroll it.  But, I think you are looking for
M-x mouse-wheel-mode

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| 
| Scrolling With "Wheeled" Mice
| 
|    Some mice have a "wheel" instead of a third button.  You can usually
| click the wheel to act as either `Mouse-2' or `Mouse-3', depending on
| the setup.  You can also use the wheel to scroll windows instead of
| using the scroll bar or keyboard commands.  To do so, turn on Mouse
| Wheel global minor mode with the command `M-x mouse-wheel-mode' or by
| customizing the option `mouse-wheel-mode'.  Support for the wheel
| depends on the system generating appropriate events for Emacs.
| 
|    The variables `mouse-wheel-follow-mouse' and
| `mouse-wheel-scroll-amount' determine where and by how much buffers are
| scrolled.
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