slowing the mouse double-click speed (solved)

[cobaka]

Hello all:
[For a solution that worked, see the suggestion from @bigpup above.]
Alternately, below I suggested another solution that didn't work for me - but may for you.

[Original posting]
Just spent an hour or so trying to find a method to get a longer interval between double-clicks of a mouse.
At the moment I must deliberately double-click quickly to get the action I want.

After searching diligently: Nada. In jwmrc-personal I found:

<!-- Double click speed (in milliseconds) -->
<DoubleClickSpeed>800</DoubleClickSpeed>

In the original the figure was 400 - I changed the value to 800.
The result: no effect. Not even after re-booting.
Does anyone in the vast puppy-forum know how to set the interval for a mouse double-click?
cobaka.

Comment: The answer is not found in the mouse/keyboard wizard!

[bigpup]

What you found may affect anything that is specifically controlled by JWM.

What you want to control could be GTK controlled.

So try this:

Open this hidden file in a text editor

/root/.gtkrc-2.0

Note:
Could be .gtkrc-2.0 or .gtkrc-3.0 maybe both.
Depends on the gtk version being used.

Add this line to the bottom of the file:

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gtk-double-click-time = 500

save the change.

To see the change effect.
Restart X server (restart graphical server) in logout menu

To make change stick.
Make sure save is updated with change.

You can adjust the 500 number up or down to change the speed,

1200 makes a noticeable change.

If you change GTK theme being used.
It will most likely replace this file with it's settings.
So may need to edit the new file.