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Dd January 1, 2012
Dt WSMOUSED 8
Os
Sh NAME
Nm wsmoused
Nd multipurpose mouse daemon
Sh SYNOPSIS
Nm
Op Fl d Ar device
Op Fl f Ar conf_file
Op Fl m Ar modes
Op Fl n
Sh DESCRIPTION
The
Nm
daemon provides mouse support in console, allowing copying and pasting
text.
The left mouse button is used to select text when held and you
use the right button to paste it in the active console.
Pp
Supported options are as follows:
Bl -tag -width XfXconfXfileXX
It Fl d Ar device
specifies the device file to be used as the
Xr wsmouse 4
device.
Defaults to
Pa /dev/wsmouse .
It Fl f Ar conf_file
specifies the configuration file to be used.
Defaults to
Pa /etc/wsmoused.conf .
It Fl m Ar modes
specifies which modes should be activated.
Mode names are given in the argument as a whitespace separated list.
Overrides the
Sq modes
directive in the configuration file.
It Fl n
do not fork in the background (for debugging purposes).
Overrides the
Sq nodaemon
directive in the configuration file.
El
Pp
Many other details can be tuned.
See
Xr wsmoused.conf 5
for more information.
Pp
Nm
is designed to be a multipurpose mouse daemon.
Functionality is provided through independent
Em modes ,
enabled either through the
Fl m
flag or through the
Sq modes
property in the configuration file (the former takes precedence).
Ss The action mode
The
Sq action
mode executes commands upon receiving mouse button events.
Commands can be associated on a button basis, and can differentiate between
push or release events.
Ss The selection mode
The
Sq selection
mode provides visual copy and paste support in text consoles when using
the
Xr wscons 4
device.
A selection is created by clicking with the primary mouse button at any
point on the screen and dragging it while clicked.
When the button is released, the selected text is copied to an internal
buffer for further pasting with the secondary button.
Sh FILES
Bl -tag -width /dev/wsmoused.conf -compact
It Pa /dev/ttyE[0-n]
tty devices
It Pa /dev/ttyEstat
wsdisplay status notification device
It Pa /dev/wsmouse[0-n]
mouse control device
It Pa /etc/wsmoused.conf
default configuration file
El
Sh SEE ALSO
Xr su 1 ,
Xr wscons 4 ,
Xr wsdisplay 4 ,
Xr wsmouse 4 ,
Xr rc.conf 5 ,
Xr ttys 5 ,
Xr wscons.conf 5 ,
Xr wsmoused.conf 5 ,
Xr moused 8 ,
Xr rc.subr 8
Sh HISTORY
The
Nm
command first appeared in
Nx 2.0 .
Sh AUTHORS
The
Nm
command was developed by
An Julio M. Merino Vidal
Aq [email protected] .
Sh CAVEATS
Nm
does work properly only with display drivers, which implement
Dv WSDISPLAYIO_GETWSCHAR
and
Dv WSDISPLAYIO_PUTWSCHAR
ioctls.
Currently only
Xr vga 4
and drivers utilizing
Xr vcons 9
support it.
Sh SECURITY CONSIDERATIONS
When using the
Sq action
mode, commands specified in the configuration file are executed as the
user who started the daemon.
By default, this user is
Sq root
when using the
Xr rc.subr 8
framework.
You should set
Sq wsmoused_user="<some_user>"
in
Xr rc.conf 5
to a safer user (and adjust file permissions accordingly) if the commands
you want to execute do not require superuser privileges.
An alternative is to use
Xr su 1
as part of the command string in the configuration file.
Sh NOTES
The following notes apply to all work modes:
Bl -bullet
It
When switching from the X screen to a text terminal, there is a small
delay (five seconds) until the mouse works again.
This time is used by X
to close the mouse device properly.
El
Pp
The following notes apply to the
Sq selection
mode only:
Bl -bullet
It
The mouse cursor is only visible for a short period of time.
It will disappear
when you stop moving it to avoid console corruption (which happens if
it is visible and there is text output).
It
You need to change the getty program which is run in the first
virtual terminal to use
Pa /dev/ttyE0
instead of
Pa /dev/console .
To do this, edit
Pa /etc/ttys
and
Pa /etc/wscons.conf .
El

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