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