Mac OS X specific variables

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MAYA_MAC_BUTTON_MAP: Set to 1 to use a one-button mouse with Maya, 2 for a two-button mouse, leave undefined or set to 3 for a three-button mouse.

:The documentation assumes a three-button mouse. The following table shows the keystroke and button combinations for mice with fewer than three buttons.

For model views, the mouse works in standard 3-button mode.

For view manipulation, editors do not recognize the middle mouse button. Instead, the mouse buttons are mapped as follows:

Three button mouse	Two button mouse	One button mouse

	+	+
		+
+ or +	+	+ +

MAYA_MAC_MENUS_ARE_OPAQUE: This environment variable lets you change the opacity of pane menus. If you set the variable to 1, then the pane menus appear opaque. If you set the variable to 0 (zero) or leave it undefined, then the pane menus appear with Mac OS X default transparency. This variable does not affect the opacity of the main menus.
MAYA_MAC_SET_UMASK (Mac OS X Only): This environment variable lets you set file sharing permissions. The following example sets the permissions of any file created by Maya to be readable/writable by any user:

MAYA_MAC_SET_UMASK = 0

MAYA_MAC_WINDOW_OPACITY

This environment variable lets you set the opacity of editor windows. Set this variable to an integer number between 0 and 100, where 100 is full opacity. The following is an example of setting the editor window opacity to 80%:

MAYA_MAC_WINDOW_OPACITY = 80

MAYA_NO_ALTIVEC

There is some special Altivec code to speed Maya up in a few places, including the Maya software renderer. In case of problems, this code can be disabled by setting the value of the environment variable MAYA_NO_ALTIVEC to 1.