lmouse(1) INTERACTIVE UNIX System lmouse(1)
NAME
lmouse - use a LOGITECH 2 button serial mouse as input dev-
ice
SYNOPSIS
lmouse [ devname ]
DESCRIPTION
The lmouse utility allows a LOGITECH 2 button serial mouse
to be used as a keyboard input device when hooked up to a
serial port on the system. Moving the mouse generates the
same scan codes generated when the user presses the arrow
keys on the keyboard. Thus the mouse can be used to posi-
tion the cursor in most applications that respond to the
arrow keys. In addition, pressing the left button on the
mouse simulates the ENTER key, and pressing the right button
simulates the ESC key.
Argument
devname is a string describing the full path name to the
serial device to which the mouse is attached. If no argu-
ment is specified, lmouse defaults to /dev/tty00. If dev-
name is specified, lmouse tries to open the device for read-
ing and writing.
Example
lmouse /dev/tty01 &
Run lmouse in the background with a LOGITECH 2 button serial
mouse hooked up to the second serial port on the system.
Notes
It is recommended that lmouse be invoked in the background
or as part of an initialization script when the system
starts up. The scan codes generated by lmouse cannot be
modified by the user.
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This entry, supplied by INTERACTIVE Systems Corporation, is
an extension of UNIX System V.
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