mousetweaks
is a collection of accessibility enhancements for pointing devices. This
manual page describes the mousetweaks daemon.
OPTIONS
--dwell
Automatically perform mouse clicks without using a physical button.
--ssc
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.
--ssc-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 dwell mode. Available options:
window
- Select the click type from a window or a panel applet.
gesture
- Perform different clicks by moving in different directions.
-c, --show-ctw
Show the click-type window. Only useful in combination with --dwell-mode=window.
-t, --threshold=INT
Ignore small pointer movements. Range: 0 - 30 pixels.
-g, --geometry
Size and position of the click-type window. Expects a standard X Window System
geometry string. ie. WIDTHxHEIGHT+X+Y
-s, --shutdown
Stop the mousetweaks daemon.
--daemonize
Start mousetweaks in the background, ie. spawn a child process.
--login
Start mousetweaks in login mode. Login mode enables workarounds specific
to GDM. Currently unused.
FILES
~/.mousetweaks.pid
The daemon creates a lock file in the users home directory to keep track
of its status.