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Date:      Tue, 08 Apr 2003 14:36:50 -0400
From:      Christopher Nehren <apeiron@comcast.net>
To:        "Michael W . Lucas" <mwlucas@blackhelicopters.org>
Cc:        doc@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Chainsawing the "Mouse" section of the FAQ
Message-ID:  <1049827010.685.71.camel@prophecy.dyndns.org>
In-Reply-To: <20030408112740.A83997@blackhelicopters.org>

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On Tue, 2003-04-08 at 11:27, Michael W . Lucas wrote:
> I propose rearranging these as follows:
> 
> What sorts of mice does FreeBSD support?
>         includes: 4.11, 4.12, 4.15, 4.16, 4.18.
>         Give device driver names but refer users to LINT/NOTES and man pages
>           for kernel configurations
> 
> How do I use a mouse in console mode?
>         includes: 4.13, 4.14
> 
> Any comments?

I'd put something in there about using moused(8) along with XFree86 ("My
mouse doesn't work in X!"; possibly linked to from a document on X about
using moused with X). Also, a short bit comparing moused to gpm on Linux
might help ("Why can't I click things in Links on the console?"[1]).

[1]: If you -can-, this email serves as a very good reason to include
such information. ;)

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