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authorjkh <jkh@FreeBSD.org>1997-12-27 05:55:54 +0000
committerjkh <jkh@FreeBSD.org>1997-12-27 05:55:54 +0000
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Update moused docs.
Submitted by: Kazutaka YOKOTA <yokota@zodiac.mech.utsunomiya-u.ac.jp>
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-rw-r--r--share/man/man5/rc.conf.531
1 files changed, 25 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/share/man/man5/rc.conf.5 b/share/man/man5/rc.conf.5
index ec207c2..69e30ec 100644
--- a/share/man/man5/rc.conf.5
+++ b/share/man/man5/rc.conf.5
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
.\" SUCH DAMAGE.
.\"
-.\" $Id: rc.conf.5,v 1.7 1997/11/16 15:59:58 steve Exp $
+.\" $Id: rc.conf.5,v 1.8 1997/12/24 00:59:28 alex Exp $
.\"
.Dd April 26, 1997
.Dt RC.CONF 5
@@ -592,35 +592,54 @@ this is the actual screen saver to use (blank, snake, daemon, etc).
.Ar NO ,
this is the type of mouse you would like to use for doing
cut/paste selection on the console.
-It should be chosen from the following list of types:
+The
+.Xr moused 8
+daemon
+is able to detect the appropriate mouse type automatically in many cases.
+Set this variable to
+.Ar auto
+to let the daemon to detect it.
+Or select one from the following list if it fails to do so for your mouse.
.Bd -literal
microsoft Microsoft mouse
+intellimouse Microsoft IntelliMouse
mousesystems Mouse systems Corp mouse
mmseries MM Series mouse
logitech Logitech mouse
busmouse A bus mouse
mouseman Logitech MouseMan and TrackMan
+glidepoint ALPS GlidePoint
+thinkingmouse Kensignton ThinkingMouse
ps/2 PS/2 mouse
mmhittab MM HitTablet
.Ed
+Even if your mouse is not in the above list, it may be compatible
+with one in the list. Refer to the man page for
+.Xr moused 8
+for compatibility information.
+.Pp
It should also be noted that while this is enabled, any
other client of the mouse (such as an X server) should access
the mouse through the virtual mouse device:
.Pa /dev/sysmouse
-and configure it as a mousesystems type mouse, since all
+and configure it as a sysmouse type mouse, since all
mouse data is converted to this single canonical format when
using
.Xr moused 8 .
+If the client program does not support the sysmouse type,
+specify the mousesystems type. It is the second prefered type.
.It Ar moused_port
(str) If
.Ar moused_type
is set, this is the actual port the mouse is on.
It might be
.Pa /dev/cuaa0
-for a COM1 serial mouse or
+for a COM1 serial mouse,
.Pa /dev/psm0
-for a PS/2 mouse, for example.
+for a PS/2 mouse or
+.Pa /dev/mse0
+for a bus mouse, for example.
.It Ar moused_flags
(str) If
.Ar moused_type
@@ -750,7 +769,7 @@ to be cleaned at startup.
The
.Nm
file appeared in
-.Bx 2.2.2 .
+.Fx 2.2.2 .
.Sh AUTHOR
Jordan K. Hubbard.
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