From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1DxUB1-0008Jq-7R for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Tue, 26 Jul 2005 18:29:15 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.4/8.13.4) with SMTP id j6QISxIC012021; Tue, 26 Jul 2005 18:28:59 GMT Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [134.68.220.30]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id j6QISwgO019063 for ; Tue, 26 Jul 2005 18:28:58 GMT Message-Id: <200507261828.j6QISwgO019063@robin.gentoo.org> Received: from lark.gentoo.osuosl.org ([140.211.166.177] helo=lark.gentoo.org) by smtp.gentoo.org with smtp (Exim 4.43) id 1DxUAt-0008Ey-9M for gentoo-doc-cvs@lists.gentoo.org; Tue, 26 Jul 2005 18:29:07 +0000 Received: by lark.gentoo.org (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Tue, 26 Jul 2005 18:28:52 +0000 From: "Jan Kundrat" Date: Tue, 26 Jul 2005 18:28:52 +0000 To: gentoo-doc-cvs@lists.gentoo.org Subject: [gentoo-doc-cvs] cvs commit: gpm.xml Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-doc-cvs@gentoo.org Reply-to: docs-team@lists.gentoo.org X-Archives-Salt: 9f0e1d9b-59d5-4176-85a6-485351756f29 X-Archives-Hash: e8e5ad2a7fa2c1795f0c156a141d0e76 jkt 05/07/26 18:28:52 Modified: xml/htdocs/doc/en gpm.xml Log: s/Voila/VoilĂ /, forums -> Forums, gpm -> GPM when apropriate. Tx to rane for reporting. Revision Changes Path 1.3 +23 -23 xml/htdocs/doc/en/gpm.xml file : http://www.gentoo.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/xml/htdocs/doc/en/gpm.xml?rev=1.3&content-type=text/x-cvsweb-markup&cvsroot=gentoo plain: http://www.gentoo.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/xml/htdocs/doc/en/gpm.xml?rev=1.3&content-type=text/plain&cvsroot=gentoo diff : http://www.gentoo.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/xml/htdocs/doc/en/gpm.xml.diff?r1=1.2&r2=1.3&cvsroot=gentoo Index: gpm.xml =================================================================== RCS file: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/gpm.xml,v retrieving revision 1.2 retrieving revision 1.3 diff -u -r1.2 -r1.3 --- gpm.xml 26 Jul 2005 18:17:07 -0000 1.2 +++ gpm.xml 26 Jul 2005 18:28:52 -0000 1.3 @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ - + Using a Mouse within the Console @@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ -This guide shows you how to set up and use gpm (the General Purpose Mouse +This guide shows you how to set up and use GPM (the General Purpose Mouse server) from within a command line interface. This is especially useful for new Gentoo installations or for systems that cannot or do not use an X server. @@ -19,11 +19,11 @@ -1.0 +1.1 2005-07-26 -Getting gpm +Getting GPM
@@ -35,16 +35,16 @@

-First, you will need to get gpm: +First, you will need to get GPM:

-
+
 # emerge gpm
 

You might have noticed a few messages during the compilation that warned about -configuring the server. You must do this before starting gpm. +configuring the server. You must do this before starting GPM.

@@ -52,17 +52,17 @@ -Configuring gpm +Configuring GPM

-Before you can use gpm, you will need to uncomment the lines corresponding to -the location and protocol of your mouse. You do this by editing the gpm +Before you can use GPM, you will need to uncomment the lines corresponding to +the location and protocol of your mouse. You do this by editing the GPM configuration file:

-
+
 # nano /etc/conf.d/gpm
 
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ example /etc/conf.d/gpm:

-
+
 (Please uncomment the type of mouse you have and the appropriate MOUSEDEV entry)
 
 #MOUSE=ps2
@@ -87,14 +87,14 @@
 
 

If you have a wheelmouse, you will want to use the imps2 protocol, so uncomment -that line. If imps2 and ps2 both fail to work for you, please refer to the gpm +that line. If imps2 and ps2 both fail to work for you, please refer to the GPM info page (info gpm) for other protocols to try. Also, if you want to be able to click on hyperlinks in terminals to navigate to a website, it is a good idea to follow the suggestion in the /etc/conf.d/gpm file:

-(Please uncomment this line if you want gpm to understand charsets
+(Please uncomment this line if you want GPM to understand charsets
 used in URLs and names with ~ or : in them, etc.
 This is a good idea to turn on!)
 
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@
 
 
 
-Running gpm
+Running GPM
 
@@ -121,18 +121,18 @@ using it:

-
+
 # /etc/init.d/gpm start
 

-You should see a block cursor appear. Remember that only root can run the gpm +You should see a block cursor appear. Remember that only root can run the GPM init script. However, to avoid having to su and run the script every -single time you begin a new session, why not set gpm to begin every time you +single time you begin a new session, why not set GPM to begin every time you turn on your computer?

-
+
 # rc-update add gpm default
 
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ -Working with gpm +Working with GPM
Copying and pasting @@ -159,21 +159,21 @@ wish, position the cursor, and press the middle mouse button to paste the text where you placed the cursor. Note that you can copy and paste without ever leaving the terminal you started. This makes posting the output of error -messages to the Gentoo forums +messages to the Gentoo Forums extremely simple.

-Text-mode browsing and gpm +Text-mode browsing and GPM

If you have a message on one screen and a text-mode web browser on the other, you can copy the error message by highlighting it, then change to the other terminal, left-click the appropriate text entry box to select it, and then -press the middle mouse button. Voila! Your error message can now be posted to +press the middle mouse button. VoilĂ ! Your error message can now be posted to the forums.

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