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      <SECT1 ID="MOUSEBUTTONS">
        <TITLE>Notes on Using The Mouse</TITLE>
        <PARA>
    &prog; makes use of all three buttons of the mouse under X, but other windowing
    systems often have less than three buttons.  To make life easier when running
    &prog; on those systems, there are some alternative key bindings.
        </PARA>
        <PARA>
    On Windows pressing the <LITERAL>alt</LITERAL> or <LITERAL>meta</LITERAL> key
    and the first mouse button will give the same effect as pressing mouse button
    three (usually a pop-up menu).  Pressing the <LITERAL>control</LITERAL> key
    and the first mouse button will do the same thing as mouse button two.
        </PARA>
    
        <PARA>
    On Macintosh systems pressing the <LITERAL>control</LITERAL> key and the mouse
    button will give the same effect as pressing mouse button three (usually a
    pop-up menu).  Pressing the <LITERAL>alt</LITERAL> key and the mouse button
    will do the same thing as mouse button two.
        </PARA>
      </SECT1>