NAME

lmouse − use a LOGITECH 2 button serial mouse as input device

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 position 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 argument is specified, lmouse defaults to /dev/tty00.  If devname is specified, lmouse tries to open the device for reading 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. 

ADDED VALUE

This entry, supplied by INTERACTIVE Systems Corporation, is an extension of UNIX System V. 

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