WSMOUSED(8) | System Manager's Manual | WSMOUSED(8) |
wsmoused
—
multipurpose mouse daemon
wsmoused |
[-d device]
[-f conf_file]
[-m modes]
[-n ] |
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-f
conf_file-m
modes-n
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 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 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.
su(1), wscons(4), wsdisplay(4), wsmouse(4), rc.conf(5), ttys(5), wscons.conf(5), wsmoused.conf(5), moused(8), rc.subr(8)
The wsmoused
command first appeared in
NetBSD 2.0.
The wsmoused
command was developed by
Julio M. Merino Vidal
⟨jmmv@NetBSD.org⟩.
wsmoused
does work properly only with
display drivers, which implement
WSDISPLAYIO_GETWSCHAR
and
WSDISPLAYIO_PUTWSCHAR
ioctls. Currently only
vga(4) and drivers utilizing
vcons(9) support it.
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.
The following notes apply to all work modes:
The following notes apply to the ‘selection’ mode only:
January 1, 2012 | NetBSD 10.99 |