mousetweaks
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NAME
mousetweaks - Accessibility enhancements for the mouse
SYNOPSIS
mousetweaks
[--enable-dwell] [--enable-secondary]
[--dwell-time=FLOAT] [--secondary-time=FLOAT]
[-m|--dwell-mode=STRING] [-c|--show-ctw]
[-x|--ctw-x=INT] [-y|--ctw-y=INT]
[-t|--threshold=INT] [-s|--shutdown]
[--disable-animations] [--daemonize] [-?|--help]
DESCRIPTION
mousetweaks
is a daemon that provides various mouse features for the GNOME desktop.
It depends on the Assistive Technology Service Provider Interface (AT-SPI).
OPTIONS
- --enable-dwell
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Automatically perform mouse clicks without using a physical button.
- --enable-secondary
-
Trigger the secondary mouse button when the primary mouse button is held down
for a specified amount of time.
- --dwell-time=FLOAT
-
Time to keep the pointer motionless before a dwell click is performed.
Range: 0.2 - 3.0 seconds.
- --secondary-time=FLOAT
-
Time to hold the primary mouse button before a simulated secondary
click is performed. Range: 0.5 - 3.0 seconds.
- -m, --dwell-mode=STRING
-
Select a dwelling mode. Available arguments are: window, gesture
-
- WINDOW
-
Select the active click type from a window or a panel applet.
- GESTURE
-
Perform clicks by moving in different directions after the cursor changes
its shape.
- -c, --show-ctw
-
Show the click-type window. Only useful in combination with dwell-mode=window.
- -x, --ctw-x=INT
-
X Position of the click-type window on screen.
- -y, --ctw-y=INT
-
Y Position of the click-type window on screen.
- -t, --threshold=INT
-
Ignore small pointer movements. Range 0 - 30 pixels.
- -s, --shutdown
-
Stop the mousetweaks daemon.
- --disable-animation
-
Disable cursor animations. The animation shows the timer progress
for dwell clicks and secondary clicks as cursor overlay.
- --daemonize
-
Start mousetweaks in the background, ie. spawn a child process.
- --login
-
Start mousetweaks in login mode. In login mode, mousetweaks does not check
whether AT-SPI is running.
FILES
~/.mousetweaks.pid
-
The daemon creates a lock file in the users home directory to keep track
of its status.
BUGS
Report bugs to
<http://bugzilla.gnome.org/>
AUTHORS
mousetweaks was written by Gerd Kohlberger
LICENSE
Licenced under the GNU General Public License v3 or later.
SEE ALSO
dwell-click-applet(1),
pointer-capture-applet(1),
Assistive Technology Service Provider Interface (AT-SPI)
Index
- NAME
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- SYNOPSIS
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- DESCRIPTION
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- OPTIONS
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- FILES
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- BUGS
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- AUTHORS
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- LICENSE
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- SEE ALSO
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