[solved] Reverse scrolling direction ala Mac OS X Lion?

I spend a big portion of my time on Macs, and the balance in Linux. I have come to really like the "natural" scrolling implemented in Mac OS X Lion (enough so that I have found a way to have it on my one Snow Leopard box, as well). Is there a way to do the same with GNOME 3 and GNOME shell under Arch?
Thanks in advance.
/ron
Last edited by rps63ifid (2011-09-13 03:41:22)

Solved using xmodmap, per https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php … 46#p989746
Thanks to jfb3 and gusar for the quick responses!
/ron

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