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
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
NetBSD
2.0.
AUTHORS
The
wsmoused command was developed by
Julio
M. Merino Vidal ⟨jmmv@NetBSD.org⟩.
CAVEATS
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.
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.