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Re: twiddler

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             "Tim Gray" <> writes:

>anyone have a good FAQ on installing the twiddler for linux?
>all the driver package from handykey has is the driver and a text file that
>says run twiddler. this obviously will not work, as X requires a dev name
>for the mouse.

I don't know of any such FAQ.

However, your base assumptions appear to be incorrect; the twiddler
"driver" for linux is not a device driver in the sense used by unix
coders.  It is, instead, a daemon that listens to a serial port and
inserts various keystrokes and mouse motions into the apparent input
stream, either by doing ioctls on /dev/console (for console mode),
or by forging X events using a2x (for X mode).

Since the twiddler daemon is not a device driver at all, it does not
appear anywhere in /dev.  It does not emulate other hardware.

The readme in the twiddler package refers to twid.doc, which I seem
to have misplaced.  You might want to track that down for more info.

- Alex

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