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] [-a|--animate-cursor] [-s|--shutdown] [-?|--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
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.  

SEE ALSO

dwell-click-applet(1), pointer-capture-applet(1), Assistive Technology Service Provider Interface (AT-SPI)