mhub

Section: GGI (1)
Updated: 2004-10-14
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NAME

mhub : converts LibGII events to mouse protocol or mhub data

SYNOPSIS

mhub [options]

DESCRIPTION

mhub reads pointer events from the LibGII default device and outputs mouse protocol data and/or mhub data to the specified files. The default device is specified with the GII_INPUT environment variable, see the libgii(7) manual for more info.

OPTIONS

-h: displays this help and exit
-v: output version information and exit
-d: print contents of received events to standard error
-s: terminate program when a SIGPIPE signal is received. The default is to ignore SIGPIPE.
-e BUTNR: only generate mhub events for buttons >= BUTNR. The default is 4.
-b FILE: output mhub events to FILE
-2 FILE: output PS/2 format data to FILE
-i FILE: output (serial) IntelliMouse format data to FILE
-m FILE: output MouseSystems format data to FILE
-r FROM TO: remap button FROM to button TO
-w BUTNR: transform wheel up motion to a BUTNR mhub event
-W BUTNR: transform wheel down motion to a BUTNR mhub event

A maximum of 20 mhub event outputs and 20 mouse data outputs are supported. The number of remaps are unlimited and all remaps occur before any other processing.

Mouse data outputs may all use different protocols.