NAME
wsmoused
- multipurpose mouse daemon
SYNOPSIS
wsmoused
[-d device]
[-f conf_file]
[-m modes]
[-n]
DESCRIPTION
The
wsmoused
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.
Supported options are as follows:
- -d device
-
specifies the device file to be used as the
wsmouse(4)
device.
Defaults to
/dev/wsmouse
.
- -f conf_file
-
specifies the configuration file to be used.
Defaults to
/etc/wsmoused.conf
.
- -m modes
-
specifies which modes should be activated.
Mode names are given in the argument as a whitespace separated list.
Overrides the
`modes'
directive in the configuration file.
- -n
-
do not fork in the background (for debugging purposes).
Overrides the
`nodaemon'
directive in the configuration file.
Many other details can be tuned.
See
wsmoused.conf(5)
for more information.
wsmoused
is designed to be a multipurpose mouse daemon.
Functionality is provided through independent
modes,
enabled either through the
-m
flag or through the
`modes'
property in the configuration file (the former takes precedence).
The action mode
The
`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.
The selection mode
The
`selection'
mode provides visual copy and paste support in text consoles when using
the
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.
FILES
/dev/ttyE[0-n]
-
tty devices
/dev/ttyEstat
-
wsdisplay status notification device
/dev/wsmouse[0-n]
-
mouse control device
/etc/wsmoused.conf
-
default configuration file
SECURITY CONSIDERATIONS
When using the
`action'
mode, commands specified in the configuration file are executed as the
user who started the daemon.
By default, this user is
`root'
when using the
rc.subr(8)
framework.
You should set
`wsmoused_user="<some_user>"'
in
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
su(1)
as part of the command string in the configuration file.
NOTES
The following notes apply to all work modes:
-
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.
The following notes apply to the
`selection'
mode only:
-
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).
-
You need to change the getty program which is run in the first
virtual terminal to use
/dev/ttyE0
instead of
/dev/console
.
To do this, edit
/etc/ttys
and
/etc/wscons.conf
.
SEE ALSO
su(1),
wscons(4),
wsdisplay(4),
wsmouse(4),
rc.conf(5),
ttys(5),
wscons.conf(5),
wsmoused.conf(5),
moused(8),
rc.subr(8)
HISTORY
The
wsmoused
command first appeared in
NetBSD2.0.
AUTHORS
The
wsmoused
command was developed by
Julio M. Merino Vidal
<jmmv@NetBSD.org>.