NAME

       mev - a program to report mouse events

SYNOPSIS

       mev [ options ]

DESCRIPTION

       The  `mev' program is part of the gpm package.  The information below is extracted from the texinfo file,
       which is the preferred source of information.

       The `mev' program is modeled after `xev'. It prints to `stdout' the mouse console events it gets.

       `mev''s default behaviour is to get anything, but command line switches can be used to  set  the  various
       fields  in the `Gpm_Connect' structure, in order to customize the program's behaviour. I'm using `mev' to
       handle mouse events to Emacs.

       Command line switches for `mev' are the following:

       -C number
              Select a virtual console to get events from.  This is intended to be used for debugging.

       -d number
              Choose a default mask. By default the server gets any events not belonging to the event mask.  The
              mask can be provided either as a decimal number, or as a symbolic string.

       -e number
              Choose  the  event  mask.  By  default any event is received. The mask can be provided either as a
              decimal number, or as a symbolic string.

       -E     Enter emacs mode. In emacs mode events are reported as lisp forms rather than numbers. This is the
              format used by the t-mouse package within emacs.

       -f     Fit  events  inside  the screen before reporting them. This options re-fits drag events, which are
              allowed to exit the screen border,

       -i     Interactive. Accepts input from `stdin' to change connection parameters.

       -m number
              Choose the minimum modifier mask. Any event with fewer modifiers will not be reported to `mev'. It
              defaults to `0'.  The mask must be provided either as a decimal number, or as a symbolic string.

       -M number
              Choose the maximum modifier mask. Any event with more modifier than specified will not be reported
              to `mev'.  It defaults to ` ~0', i.e. all events are received.  The mask must be  provided  either
              as a decimal number, or as a symbolic string.

       -p     Requests  to  draw  the  pointer  during  drags.  This  option  is used by emacs to avoid invoking
              `ioctl()' from lisp code.

       When the arguments are not decimal integers,  they  are  considered  lists  of  alphanumeric  characters,
       separated by a single non-alphanumeric character. I use the comma (`,'), but any will do.

       Allowed  names  for  events  are `move', `drag', `down' or `press', `up' or `release', `motion' (which is
       both `move' and `drag'), and `hard'.

       Allowed names for modifiers are `shift', `leftAlt', `rightAlt', `anyAlt' (one or the other), `control'.

       When the `-i' switch is specified, `mev' looks at its standard input as command lines rather than events.
       The input lines are parsed, and the commands `push' and `pop' are recognized.

       The  `push' command, then, accepts the options `-d', `-e', `-m' and `-M', with the same meaning described
       above. Unspecified options retain the previous value and the resulting  masks  are  used  to  reopen  the
       connection  with  the  server. `pop' is used to pop the connection stack. If an empty stack is popped the
       program exits.

       Other commands recognized are `info', used to return the stack depth; `quit' to prematurely terminate the
       program; and `snapshot' to get some configuration information from the server.

BUGS

       Beginning  with  release 1.16, mev no longer works under xterm.  Please use the rmev program (provided in
       the sample directory) to watch gpm events under xterm  or  rxvt.   rmev  also  displays  keyboard  events
       besides mouse events.

AUTHOR

       Alessandro Rubini <rubini@linux.it>
       Ian Zimmerman <itz@speakeasy.org>

FILES

       /dev/gpmctl The socket used to connect to gpm.

SEE ALSO

        gpm(8)       The mouse server

       The info file about `gpm', which gives more complete information and explains how to write a gpm client.