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Section: User Commands (1)<BR>Updated: November 4 2000<BR><A HREF="#index">Index</A>
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Section: User Commands (1)<BR>Updated: September 8 2002<BR><A HREF="#index">Index</A>
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<A NAME="lbAB"> </A>
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Flips the mouse buttons so that 4 is 5 and 5 is 4, reversing
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the Up and Down actions. This would make 4 buttons somewhat useful!
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This is the similar to using "-b 54678", see the <B>-b</B> option.
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See also <A HREF="http://jonatkins.org/cgi-bin/man2html.cgi?1+xmodmap">xmodmap</A>(1).
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See also <A HREF="http://jcatki.dhs.org/cgi-bin/man2html.cgi?1+xmodmap">xmodmap</A>(1).
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<DT><B>-b, --buttons</B> <I>button-spec</I><DD>
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Remap buttons in <I>button-spec</I> to interpreted wheel/thumb input.
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Also limits the button grab to the specified buttons when using the ZAxis method.
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the <I>button-spec</I> for something that doesn't exist on your mouse.
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A <I>button-spec</I> of "45006" may be for normal wheel up/down and a thumb button, but
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A <I>button-spec</I> of "45006" may be for normal wheel up/down and a thumb button 1, but
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no horizontal wheel axis.
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The default <I>button-spec</I> is "45678".
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The default <I>button-spec</I> is "456789".
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See also <A HREF="http://jonatkins.org/cgi-bin/man2html.cgi?1+xmodmap">xmodmap</A>(1).
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See also <A HREF="http://jcatki.dhs.org/cgi-bin/man2html.cgi?1+xmodmap">xmodmap</A>(1).
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<DT><B>-c, --config</B><DD>
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Popup to configuration helper window imediately.
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See also <B>CONFIGURATION HELPER</B>
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<DT><B>-D, --debug</B><DD>
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Show all possible debug info while running. This spits out alot and I also
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suggest using the <B>-d</B> option to prevent imwheel from detaching from the
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(see "STICK SENSITIVITY SETTINGS" below)
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<DT><B>-W, --wheel-fifo</B> <I>fifo</I><DD>
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Use the gpm wheel fifo instead of XGrabMouse. See GPM Wheel FIFO Method
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Use the gpm/jamd wheel fifo instead of XGrabMouse. See <B>GPM/JAMD WHEEL FIFO METHOD</B>
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section. This method allows only one X display to be used. This is required
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for the gpm method to work. This method only works with the imwheel version
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of gpm and with jam. To find out if you are running the imwheel version of gpm
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of gpm and with jamd. To find out if you are running the imwheel version of gpm
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use the following command and look for "(imwheel)" in the title:
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<DL COMPACT><DT><DD>
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<DL COMPACT><DT><DD>
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<I>fifo</I> names the named pipe (FIFO) created by gpm. It defaults to
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"/dev/gpmwheel". (for <B>--wheel-fifo</B> only) The FIFO must exist before
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running imwheel in this mode.
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"/dev/gpmwheel" (for <B>--wheel-fifo</B> only). The FIFO must exist before
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running imwheel in this mode. using jamd requires you to name the correct fifo
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because it doesn't use /dev/gpmwheel, but rather one of the /dev/jam_imwheel:0.0
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named fifos created by jamd's imwheel module.
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<B>@Exclude</B> commands in the rc file are unused in this mode.
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<DL COMPACT><DT><DD>
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<DL COMPACT><DT><DD>Buttons 6
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<DL COMPACT><DT><DD>Buttons 7
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ZAxisMapping 4 5 6 7
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<DL COMPACT><DT><DD>Option "Buttons" "6"
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<DL COMPACT><DT><DD>Option "Buttons" "7"
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Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5 6 7"
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<H2>GPM/JAM WHEEL FIFO METHOD</H2>
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<H2>GPM/JAMD WHEEL FIFO METHOD</H2>
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This method is REQUIRED for any X Windows server without wheel
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mouse support built in. This method will currently support mice as supported
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In the Pointer section of your XF86Config (or the equivalent configuration file
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for your X server) change your mouse Protocol to be "MouseSystems"
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(or the equivelant...), also change the Device file that the mouse is read from
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to "/dev/gpmdata", then restart X Windows if it is running.
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jamd will replicate to /dev/jam_ps2:0.0 or some other devices as well,
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make sure to use the right X Mouse protocol in this case,
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like the jamd_ps2 device is X mouse protocol PS/2,
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and the jamd_imps2 device is X mouse protocol IMPS/2.
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Before starting X Windows (re)start gpm with the <B>-W</B> option. Make sure
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After starting X Windows run imwheel as follows adding options as desired:
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for gpm you can use the following option to imwheel
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jamd requires you specify the fifo name as one of the /dev/jamd_imwheel:0.0
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<B>ls -al /dev/jam_imwheel*</B>
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to see what is available.
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In this example I would use
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<B>-W /dev/jam_imwheel:0.0</B>
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as the option to imwheel.
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I usually add the <B>-k</B> option to kill off any old imwheel processes left
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<B>--display</B> variables connected imwheel to a now defunct X server.
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gpm and/or imwheel can be restarted at any time, imwheel can sense when gpm is
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not there, and gpm doesn't give a hoot about imwheel being up or not.
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gpm or jamd, and/or imwheel can be restarted at any time, imwheel can sense when
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gpm of jamd is not there, and gpm nor jamd doesn't give a hoot about imwheel
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<H2>IMWHEELRC</H2>
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IMWheel uses, optionally, two configuration files. One called /etc/imwheelrc,
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IMWheel uses, optionally, two configuration files. One called /etc/X11/imwheelrc,
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which is used for everybody. The other is $HOME/.imwheelrc, used only for one
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user. One is supplied and should have been installed automatically in /etc
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if not also in the installing users $HOME as well. All whitespace is ignored
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Window Class Name
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Window Resource Name
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(null) which matches "\(null\)" in the imwheelrc
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Most of these are probe-able using fvwm2's FvwmIdent module or the configurator
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(see the Configuration Helper section). Other window managers may have their
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(see the <B>CONFIGURATION HELPER</B> section). Other window managers may have their
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own method of identifying windows' attributes.
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For FIFO users, it is possible to send a real mouse button event, using
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the special <B>Button#</B> syntax. An imwheelrc keysym of Button1 would
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send a real Mouse button 1 (left mouse button) event. Mouse4 is what you'd want
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for a MouseWheelUp type event. Mouse5 is what you want to MouseWheelDown event.
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Many applications will understand the meaning of mouse button 4 and 5, but most don't
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go beyond that. So <I>Mouse6 and greater have no "standardized" meaning</I>. The Button# syntax
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can be combined with regular keysyms, to send keys and mouse buttons at the same time.
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- meaning left shift and wheel up.
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- meaning wheel down.
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Other button to imwheel meaniful references:
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KeySym IMWheel Input Real Mouse
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Button1 (none) Left Mouse Button
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Button2 (none) Middle Mouse Button
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Button3 (none) Right Mouse Button
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Button4 Up Mouse Wheel Up
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Button5 Down Mouse Wheel Down
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Button6 Left Mouse Wheel Left
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Button7 Right Mouse Wheel Right
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Button8 Thumb1 Side Mouse Button 1 (left/up)
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Button9 Thumb2 Side Mouse Button 2 (right/down)
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Common Modifier Keysym names used in X:
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Control_L Control_R
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xmodmap -e "pointer = 3 2 1 4 5 6 7"
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xmodmap -e "pointer = 3 2 1 4 5 6 7 8"
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xmodmap -e "pointer = 3 2 1 4 5 6 7 8 9"
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NOTE: most of these are NOT going to work, because of all the limits in X.
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imwheel doesn't get along with itself on the same X display or using the same
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gpmwheel FIFO. - This will always be your fault :|
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gpmwheel FIFO. - This will always be your fault :-/
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Stick mice are still a pain in the butt to use. - This is the manufacturer's fault.
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Keyboard focus isn't changed automatically to input keys into Window mouse is
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over. This only occurs with Click-to-Focus type focus managment in window managers.
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I use sloppy focus in fvwm2, which always works for me. - Whose fault <I>is</I> this?
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(Switch focus modes and/or window managers)
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(Switch focus modes and/or window managers, or try the <B>-f</B> option on imwheel)
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Configuration file is not validated for correctness nicely...although it does
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The users configuration file.
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The global location for the configuration
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file, it is always loaded. Overided by
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the users configuration file.
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The default wheel FIFO from gpm, if used.
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/dev/jam_imwheel:0 (or other higher numbers...)
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A wheel FIFO from jam, if used, must be specified.
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jam allows more than on FIFO, and thus allows more than
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/dev/jam_imwheel:0.0 (or other numbers...)
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A wheel FIFO from jamd, if used, must be specified.
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one instance of imwheel to be running on the same computer
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using the Wheel FIFO method.
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<H2>SEE ALSO</H2>
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<B><A HREF="http://jonatkins.org/cgi-bin/man2html.cgi?1+jam">jam</A>(1)</B>
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Jon Atkins Mouse - a replacement/augmentation for/to GPM.
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<B><A HREF="http://jonatkins.org/cgi-bin/man2html.cgi?1x+xwheel">xwheel</A>(1x)</B>
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The new replacement for imwheel. Uses jam instead of GPM or ZAxis.
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<B><A HREF="http://jonatkins.org/cgi-bin/man2html.cgi?1x+xdpyinfo">xdpyinfo</A>(1x)</B>
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<B><A HREF="http://jcatki.dhs.org/cgi-bin/man2html.cgi?1+jamd">jamd</A>(1)</B>
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Jon Atkins Mouse - a replacement/augmentation for/to gpm.
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<B><A HREF="http://jcatki.dhs.org/cgi-bin/man2html.cgi?1x+xwheel">xwheel</A>(1x)</B>
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The new replacement for imwheel. Uses jamd instead of gpm or ZAxis.
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(may not be available yet)
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<B><A HREF="http://jcatki.dhs.org/cgi-bin/man2html.cgi?1x+xdpyinfo">xdpyinfo</A>(1x)</B>
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X Display information, including extensions.
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<B><A HREF="http://jonatkins.org/cgi-bin/man2html.cgi?8+gpm">gpm</A>(8)</B>
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<B><A HREF="http://jcatki.dhs.org/cgi-bin/man2html.cgi?8+gpm">gpm</A>(8)</B>
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General Purpose Mouse, imwheel edition required.
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<B><A HREF="http://jonatkins.org/cgi-bin/man2html.cgi?1x+FvwmIdent">FvwmIdent</A>(1x)</B>
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<B><A HREF="http://jcatki.dhs.org/cgi-bin/man2html.cgi?1x+FvwmIdent">FvwmIdent</A>(1x)</B>
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FVWM2's Identify module, for probing windows.
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<B><A HREF="http://jonatkins.org/cgi-bin/man2html.cgi?7+regex">regex</A>(7)</B>
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<B><A HREF="http://jcatki.dhs.org/cgi-bin/man2html.cgi?7+regex">regex</A>(7)</B>
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POSIX 1003.2 Regular Expressions.
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<B><A HREF="http://jonatkins.org/cgi-bin/man2html.cgi?1x+xmodmap">xmodmap</A>(1x)</B>
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<B><A HREF="http://jcatki.dhs.org/cgi-bin/man2html.cgi?1x+xmodmap">xmodmap</A>(1x)</B>
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Utility for modifying keymap & button mappings in X.
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<B><A HREF="http://jonatkins.org/cgi-bin/man2html.cgi?1x+xev">xev</A>(1x)</B>
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<B><A HREF="http://jcatki.dhs.org/cgi-bin/man2html.cgi?1x+xev">xev</A>(1x)</B>
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Print contents of X events.
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<B>/usr/include/X11/keysymdef.h</B>
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X11 KeySym definitions.
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<DT><A HREF="#lbAD">DESCRIPTION</A><DD>
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<DT><A HREF="#lbAE">COMMAND LINE OPTIONS</A><DD>
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<DT><A HREF="#lbAF">X WINDOWS ZAXIS METHOD</A><DD>
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<DT><A HREF="#lbAG">GPM/JAM WHEEL FIFO METHOD</A><DD>
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<DT><A HREF="#lbAG">GPM/JAMD WHEEL FIFO METHOD</A><DD>
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<DT><A HREF="#lbAH">STICK SENSITIVITY SETTINGS</A><DD>
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<DT><A HREF="#lbAI">IMWHEELRC</A><DD>
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<DT><A HREF="#lbAJ">IMWHEELRC WINDOW SECTION HEADERS</A><DD>
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