CONSOLATION

NAME

consolation -- copy-paste for the Linux console

SYNOPSIS

consolation [libinput options]

DESCRIPTION

Consolation is a daemon that provide copy-paste and scrolling support to the
Linux console.

It is based on the libinput library and supports all pointer devices and
settings provided by this library,

Similar software include gpm and jamd.

Operations:
left button: start selection
middle button: paste selection
right button: set end of selection
wheel: scroll
double left click: select word
(see --word-chars for the definition of a word.)
triple left click: select line

Button actions can be redefined with the --map ’button=action’ option.
Action names are ’select’, ’paste’, ’endselect’.
Button names are ’BTN_LEFT’, ’BTN_MIDDLE’, ’BTN_RIGHT’.
Other evdev button names are also supported.

By default, if the terminal requests mouse report, mouse actions
are reported to the terminal instead of being performed.

It supports all the standard libinput options.
--udev <seat>.... Use udev device discovery (default).

Specifying a seat ID is optional.

--device /path/to/device .... open the given device(s) only
--apply-to="pattern".... Configuration options are only applied where the
device name matches the pattern
--disable-sendevents="pattern".... Set the send-events option to disabled
for the devices matching patterns

Features:
--enable-tap
--disable-tap.... enable/disable tapping
--enable-drag
--disable-drag.... enable/disable tap-n-drag
--enable-drag-lock
--disable-drag-lock.... enable/disable tapping drag lock
--enable-natural-scrolling
--disable-natural-scrolling.... enable/disable natural scrolling
--enable-left-handed
--disable-left-handed.... enable/disable left-handed button configuration
--enable-middlebutton
--disable-middlebutton.... enable/disable middle button emulation
--enable-dwt
--disable-dwt.... enable/disable disable-while-typing
--enable-dwtp
--disable-dwtp.... enable/disable disable-while-trackpointing
--enable-scroll-button-lock
--disable-scroll-button-lock.... enable/disable the scroll button lock
--set-click-method=[none|clickfinger|buttonareas] .... set the desired
click method
--set-scroll-method=[none|twofinger|edge|button] ... set the desired scroll
method
--set-scroll-button=BTN_MIDDLE ... set the button to the given button code
--set-profile=[adaptive|flat].... set pointer acceleration profile
--set-speed=<value>.... set pointer acceleration speed (allowed range [-1,
1])
--set-tap-map=[lrm|lmr] ... set button mapping for tapping

These options apply to all applicable devices, if a feature is not explicitly specified it is left at each device’s default.

Other options:
--word-chars=<string>.... list of characters that make up words.

Ranges (a-z, A-Z, 0-9 etc.) are allowed.

--grab .......... exclusively grab all opened devices.
--map button=action .... set button to action.
--no-daemon ..... do not detach and run in the background.
--disable-mouse-reporting .... disable mouse reporting.
--verbose ....... print debugging output.
--version ....... print version information.
--help .......... print this help.

LICENSE

Copyright © 2016 Bill Allombert

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
(at your option) any later version.

HOMEPAGE

https://salsa.debian.org/consolation-team/consolation/

AUTHOR

Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org>

SEE ALSO

gpm(8)