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WSMOUSED(8)	      BSD System Manager's Manual (i386)	   WSMOUSED(8)

NAME
     wsmoused - wsmouse daemon

SYNOPSIS
     wsmoused [-2df] [-C thresh] [-I file] [-M N=M] [-p device] [-t type]
     wsmoused -i [-p device]

DESCRIPTION
     wsmoused listens for mouse events on the specified device and communi-
     cates them to the wscons(4) driver through the /dev/ttyCcfg interface.
     Its purpose is to provide copy/paste functionality on the PC console.

     By default, the left mouse button is used to select text (in the familiar
     click-and-drag fashion), the right button is used to extend the selec-
     tion, and the middle button pastes. This behavior can be modified through
     the use of -M, i.e., -M 2=3 maps the right mouse button to paste.

     The options are as follows:

     -2		Indicate that the mouse has two-buttons. In that case, the
		right button pastes.

     -C thresh	Set double click speed as the maximum interval in msec between
		button clicks. If omitted, the default value of 500 msec will
		be assumed. This option will have effect only on the cut and
		paste operations in the text mode console.

     -d		Enable debugging messages.

     -f		Do not become a daemon and instead run as a foreground pro-
		cess. Useful for testing and debugging.

     -I file	Write the process ID of wsmoused to the specified file. If om-
		itted, the process ID will be stored in /var/run/wsmoused.pid.

     -i		Print the type and the protocol of the mouse and exit.

     -M N=M	Assign the physical button M to the logical button N. You may
		specify as many instances of this option as you like. More
		than one physical button may be assigned to a logical button
		at the same time. In this case the logical button will be
		down, if either of the assigned physical buttons is held down.
		Do not put space around '='.

     -p device	Use device device to communicate with the mouse. If this op-
		tion is not present, the device opened is /dev/wsmouse (the
		multiplexer device that receives all mouse events from all
		wsmouse compatible mice on the system). For a serial mouse,
		you have to explicitly specify the serial port, i.e. device
		must be one of /dev/cua0[0-3].

     -t type	This option only applies to serial mice. It specifies the pro-
		tocol used by the serial mice. You may explicitly specify a
		type listed below or use auto to let wsmoused automatically
		select an appropriate protocol for the given mouse, if the
		serial mouse respects the PnP COM specification.

		If this option is not specified, auto is assumed. Under normal
		circumstances, you need to use this option only if the mouse
		is not PnP compatible.

		Valid protocol types for this option are the following:

		microsoft      Microsoft serial mouse protocol. Most 2-button
			       serial mice use this protocol.

		intellimouse   Microsoft IntelliMouse protocol. Genius Net-
			       Mouse, ASCII Mie Mouse, Logitech MouseMan+, and
			       FirstMouse+ use this protocol as well. Other
			       mice with a roller/wheel may be compatible with
			       this protocol.

		mousesystems   MouseSystems 5-byte protocol. 3-button mice may
			       use this protocol.

		mmseries       MM Series mouse protocol.

		logitech       Logitech mouse protocol. Note that this is for
			       old Logitech models. mouseman or intellimouse
			       should be specified for newer models.

		mouseman       Logitech MouseMan and TrackMan protocol. Some
			       3-button mice may be compatible with this pro-
			       tocol. Note that MouseMan+ and FirstMouse+ use
			       intellimouse protocol rather than this one.

		glidepoint     ALPS GlidePoint protocol.

		thinkingmouse  Kensington ThinkingMouse protocol.

		mmhitab	       Hitachi tablet protocol.

     wsmoused will happily coexist with the X Window System, provided that the
     mouse device is supported by wsmouse(4). Serial mice do not have a
     wsmouse(4) compatible driver, so wsmoused has to be killed before start-
     ing the X Window System.

SEE ALSO
     wscons(4), wsmouse(4)

HISTORY
     The wsmoused daemon is a slightly modified version of the moused daemon
     from the FreeBSD project, written by Michael Smith <msmith@FreeBSD.org>.
     Both inherit code from the XFree Project.

MirOS BSD #10-current		April 8, 2001				     1
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