mousetweaks

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NAME

mousetweaks - Accessibility enhancements for the mouse

SYNOPSIS

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

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

s: Select the active click type from a window or a panel applet.
s: 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.

-a, --animate-cursor

Show elapsed time as cursor overlay.

-s, --shutdown

Stop the mousetweaks daemon.

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 <lowfi@chello.at>

LICENSE

Licenced under the GNU General Public License v3 or later.