On Friday, Jul 21st 2006 at 22:07 +0200, quoth Stephan Kahnt: =>Just to finish ths thread here is my new script: => =><<< snip-here >>> =>#!/bin/sh =># script for toggling mouse buttons and save the settings for kde => =># what is the current setting, or better where to switch to ? =>mouse_what_to_set() { => xmodmap -pp | cut -c 9,24 | grep -q 11 && echo "Left" || echo "Right" =>} => =># switch to Left or Right =>switch_mouse() { => if [ "$1" == "Right" ]; then => list="1 2 3" => else => list="3 2 1" => fi => xmodmap -e "pointer = $list" && kwriteconfig --file kcminputrc --group Mouse --key MouseButtonMapping "${like}Handed" =>} => =># do the job =>switch_mouse `mouse_what_to_set` => =><<< snip-here >>> FYI, the correct equal operator is = not ==. Bash does support both but the correct choice is =. Also, if you're using bash, use [[ instead of [. -- Time flies like the wind. Fruit flies like a banana. Stranger things have .0. happened but none stranger than this. Does your driver's license say Organ ..0 Donor?Black holes are where God divided by zero. Listen to me! We are all- 000 individuals! What if this weren't a hypothetical question? steveo at syslang.net ___________________________________________________ . Account management: https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde. Archives: http://lists.kde.org/. More info: http://www.kde.org/faq.html.