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diff --git a/kmousetool/README b/kmousetool/README new file mode 100644 index 0000000..c1863ac --- /dev/null +++ b/kmousetool/README @@ -0,0 +1,83 @@ +MouseTool is a program that clicks the mouse for you. + +I designed it to help relieve the pain that clicking mouse buttons can cause. + +For more information, see www.mousetool.com + + +How To Use MouseTool + +1 It's simple: MouseTool watches as you move the mouse. When you stop, it clicks. + +2 Practice with this. When you are comfortable with it, move on to Smart Drag. + +3 When Smart Drag is enabled, MouseTool pauses after it clicks down. If you + move the mouse, it waits until you stop moving before it clicks up. + This takes more practice, but if I can learn to do it without thinking, so can you. + +4 KMouseTool 1.1 supports strokes. When you enable strokes, a slow move to the + right and back, followed by a pause, will generate a right-click. A slow move + left and back will generate a double click. (Strokes are specified in + ~/.kde3/share/config/kmousetool_strokes.txt. This file is generated by KMouseTool + the first time it is run, but can be modified afterwards.) + +MouseTool Options: + +* Checkboxes: + Smart Drag -- enables or disables Smart Drag. Disabled is easier, so this is default. + Audible Click -- plays a sound when MouseTool clicks down. This helps, especially + with Smart Drag, but as of version 0.8, the latency is too high. + By the time you hear the click, you're doing something else. + This will be fixed in the next version. + Start with KDE -- When this is enabled, MouseTool will start each time KDE starts. + Enable Strokes -- When this is enabled, you can generate right- or double-clicks + using mouse strokes. + +* Times + Dwell Time -- The time you have to pause before MouseTool clicks. + Drag Time -- (When Smart Drag is enabled) the time MouseTool waits, after it clicks + down, before it clicks back up if you don't move the mouse. + Apply Times Button -- After changing either time, you must click this button. + +* Start Button -- Starts MouseTool. (Well, duh.) + When it says "stop", clicking it will stop MouseTool. (Duh, again.) + +* command line -- MouseTool has no command line options. + It does remembers its state when it is restarted, though. + +* Hotkeys -- None yet (as of version 1.1). They are very useful, though, and may be added. + + +Credit: + +The idea for MouseTool came to me when I was thinking about head-tracking +systems that allow you to move a cursor using your head orientation, and then +send clicks when you pause. As far as I know, I was the first person to use +this technique with an ordinary mouse, but it is quite possible that I am wrong +about that. There are now other programs available for Windows and Macs that +do this; I know that some were developed after MouseTool, but it is likely +others came before. + +If you know of another Linux- or Unix-based program that does this, please let +me know (at jeff@mousetool.com) + +The clever idea for Smart Drag was suggested by Joe Betts. Thanks, Joe! + +Other ideas in MouseTool for Windows that I hope to port to KDE were either +suggested by MouseTool users or came out of email discussions with users. + + + +Bugs and issues: +Emacs - Smart Drag and Emacs menus don't mix well; the menus don't stay visible + long enough to use. XEmacs seems to work fine. Gvim also works well. + +Taskbar - When you drag the taskbar using Smart Drag in KDE 2.x, kmousetool won't release + the drag. This can be scary if you're not expecting it, but simply clicking + the mouse button manually fixes the problem. KDE 3.x does not have this problem. + + This seems to be an issue with the internals of KDE or QT code, and similar + things happen in Windows. I haven't looked into it much under KDE, but on + Windows it happens when mousetool's timer stops while Windows waits for an + upclick, and the upclick never happens because the timer is stopped; + I'm sure the same thing is happening under KDE. |