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