Date: Wed, 21 Oct 1998 15:54:15 -0700 From: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> To: hungry hacker <hackers@neutron.neutron.org> Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: mouse/keyboard simulation Message-ID: <199810212254.PAA02613@dingo.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 21 Oct 1998 15:40:10 GMT." <199810211540.PAA08326@neutron.neutron.org>
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> dear hackers > i only post to this list after trying to hack out a simple > shell command to "cut a line" in xterm. ie, how hard is it > to simulate three mouse clicks with (say) xsendevent (xse). > (answer, harder than it looks). > question: i am just about ready to kluge a gate on my mouse > to do it (arrghh). can anyone tell me where how to hack the > X mouse driver to do it? i just have mouse --> /dev/cuaa0 > what is the program that deals with the raw mouse? You're doing the wrong thing. Terminals are *abstract*, and you can't expect to talk to them like that. If you want something that a previous program has output, parse its output. -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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