MOUSE(8)MOUSE(8)
NAME
aux/mouse, aux/accupoint – configure a mouse to a port
SYNOPSIS
aux/mouse
[
-b
baud
] [
-d
type
] [
-n
]
port
aux/accupoint
DESCRIPTION
Mouse
queries a mouse on a serial or PS2 port for
its type and then configures the port and the
mouse to be used to control the cursor.
Port
can be either a port number (e.g.
0
or
1)
or the string
ps2
or
ps2intellimouse.
The initialization can be automated by setting
mouseport
in
plan9.ini(8),
which will enable a call to
mouse
in
termrc
(see
cpurc(8)).
The option
-d
provides a default mouse type should
mouse
fail to determine it. The
types are:
C
Logitech type C mouse
W
Logitech type W mouse
M
Microsoft compatible mouse
The
-n
flag queries the mouse and reports its type but does not set the device type.
The
-b
flag sets the baud rate for communication; it is effectual only for serial mice.
Accupoint
is a process, to be used with
pipefile(1),
that processes events from an AccuPoint II pointing device
with four buttons, such as on Toshiba Portégé 3440CT and 3480CT
laptops, converting events on the two extra buttons
(which appear as buttons 4 and 5 in the
mouse(3)
interface) into a simulation of button 2.
These extra buttons on laptops are in turn simulations of Intellimouse
scrolling buttons and have peculiar properties: they generate
only ‘down’ events that repeat automatically, like a keypad, in
an approximation of the Intellimouse scroll wheel.
Accupoint
overcomes this behavior to produce a reasonable approximation of
a normal mouse button 2:
it makes left button act like a regular button 2, but is slow to release (the
program must wait for a repeat time before it knows the button has been released),
while the right button generates a fast button 2 ‘click’.
To use
accupoint,
add a line like this to
/usr/$user/lib/profile
or to a system-dependent configuration script in
termrc
(see
cpurc(8)):
pipefile -dr /bin/aux/accupoint /dev/mouse
Before running
accupoint,
the mouse should be configured as an
intellimouse
or
ps2intellimouse.
SOURCE
/sys/src/cmd/aux/mouse.c
/sys/src/cmd/aux/accupoint.c
SEE
cons(3),
cpurc(8),
pipefile(1).
BUGS
Due to the limitations of
pipefile(1),
when running
accupoint
it is difficult restart
rio(1)
if it has exited.