How to read mouse buttons from linux console using X10 mouse reporting?
I'm trying to read mouse buttons from the console without success. According to man console_codes the Linux console has X10 mouse reporting. This means that after enabling it (printf "e[?9h") pressed button + mouse position should be reported on stdin with:
e[M b x y
where b is pressed button + 32 and x, y are mouse coords.
No luck, this only works with xterm alikes. I'm not the only one, please see:
http://myfreebsd.homeunix.net/freebsd/mouse_events_shell.html
"...Surprisingly, since I read about mouse tracking in a Linux console_codes man page, these escape codes do not work in any Linux console that I have tried..."
Has anybody tried this with success? Is this a bug?
linux mouse console
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I'm trying to read mouse buttons from the console without success. According to man console_codes the Linux console has X10 mouse reporting. This means that after enabling it (printf "e[?9h") pressed button + mouse position should be reported on stdin with:
e[M b x y
where b is pressed button + 32 and x, y are mouse coords.
No luck, this only works with xterm alikes. I'm not the only one, please see:
http://myfreebsd.homeunix.net/freebsd/mouse_events_shell.html
"...Surprisingly, since I read about mouse tracking in a Linux console_codes man page, these escape codes do not work in any Linux console that I have tried..."
Has anybody tried this with success? Is this a bug?
linux mouse console
edited Jan 28 at 23:38
fixer1234
19k144982
asked Jul 25 '11 at 15:26
francescfrancesc
61
stdin? You meanstdout.
– new123456
Jul 25 '11 at 17:30
Nope, it's stdin, console driver injects e[M b x y to stdin head, so as to be read by the application. That's how mouse reporting works.
– francesc
Jul 25 '11 at 21:52
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I'm trying to read mouse buttons from the console without success. According to man console_codes the Linux console has X10 mouse reporting. This means that after enabling it (printf "e[?9h") pressed button + mouse position should be reported on stdin with:
e[M b x y
where b is pressed button + 32 and x, y are mouse coords.
No luck, this only works with xterm alikes. I'm not the only one, please see:
http://myfreebsd.homeunix.net/freebsd/mouse_events_shell.html
"...Surprisingly, since I read about mouse tracking in a Linux console_codes man page, these escape codes do not work in any Linux console that I have tried..."
Has anybody tried this with success? Is this a bug?
linux mouse console
edited Jan 28 at 23:38
fixer1234
19k144982
asked Jul 25 '11 at 15:26
francescfrancesc
61
I'm trying to read mouse buttons from the console without success. According to man console_codes the Linux console has X10 mouse reporting. This means that after enabling it (printf "e[?9h") pressed button + mouse position should be reported on stdin with:
e[M b x y
where b is pressed button + 32 and x, y are mouse coords.
No luck, this only works with xterm alikes. I'm not the only one, please see:
http://myfreebsd.homeunix.net/freebsd/mouse_events_shell.html
"...Surprisingly, since I read about mouse tracking in a Linux console_codes man page, these escape codes do not work in any Linux console that I have tried..."
Has anybody tried this with success? Is this a bug?
linux mouse console
linux mouse console
edited Jan 28 at 23:38
fixer1234
19k144982
asked Jul 25 '11 at 15:26
francescfrancesc
61
edited Jan 28 at 23:38
fixer1234
19k144982
asked Jul 25 '11 at 15:26
francescfrancesc
61
edited Jan 28 at 23:38
fixer1234
19k144982
edited Jan 28 at 23:38
fixer1234
19k144982
edited Jan 28 at 23:38
fixer1234
19k144982
19k144982
asked Jul 25 '11 at 15:26
francescfrancesc
61
asked Jul 25 '11 at 15:26
francescfrancesc
61
asked Jul 25 '11 at 15:26
francescfrancesc
61
61
stdin? You meanstdout.
– new123456
Jul 25 '11 at 17:30
Nope, it's stdin, console driver injects e[M b x y to stdin head, so as to be read by the application. That's how mouse reporting works.
– francesc
Jul 25 '11 at 21:52
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stdin? You meanstdout.
– new123456
Jul 25 '11 at 17:30
Nope, it's stdin, console driver injects e[M b x y to stdin head, so as to be read by the application. That's how mouse reporting works.
– francesc
Jul 25 '11 at 21:52
stdin? You mean stdout.– new123456
Jul 25 '11 at 17:30
stdin? You mean stdout.– new123456
Jul 25 '11 at 17:30
Nope, it's stdin, console driver injects e[M b x y to stdin head, so as to be read by the application. That's how mouse reporting works.
– francesc
Jul 25 '11 at 21:52
Nope, it's stdin, console driver injects e[M b x y to stdin head, so as to be read by the application. That's how mouse reporting works.
– francesc
Jul 25 '11 at 21:52
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stdin? You meanstdout.– new123456
Jul 25 '11 at 17:30
Nope, it's stdin, console driver injects e[M b x y to stdin head, so as to be read by the application. That's how mouse reporting works.
– francesc
Jul 25 '11 at 21:52