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The machine that I'm currently using is an extremely slow netbook. Whenever I go to change user preferences in Blender, it stalls out. What I need to do is activate the "emulate 3 button mouse" checkbox. Is there a way to do this via console/script?

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  • $\begingroup$ try experimenting with bpy.context.user_preferences, use Ctrl + Space to autocomplete.. $\endgroup$
    – iKlsR
    Commented May 24, 2013 at 16:30
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    $\begingroup$ If your computer has problems with the 'preferences' menu, how does it manage rendering? $\endgroup$
    – Gwen
    Commented May 24, 2013 at 18:19
  • $\begingroup$ @Gwenn it can do it, but pretty slowly. It can even do Cycles. I'm not sure why the preferences menu doesn't work on it. $\endgroup$
    – Daniel
    Commented May 24, 2013 at 18:41
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    $\begingroup$ If you open the user preferences in a new window, that might slow down a netbook. Instead, try opening the user preferences in the 3dview. And to make sure nothing slows unnecessarily down: don't render in new window or fullscreen, but in existing image editor (make it small). $\endgroup$
    – jesterKing
    Commented May 24, 2013 at 20:52

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Got it.

bpy.context.user_preferences.inputs.use_mouse_emulate_3_button = True

It also says on the wiki that The Blender API can modify user preferences, keymaps and themes

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