GPM (software)

GPM ("General Purpose Mouse") software provides support for mouse devices in Linux virtual consoles. It is included in most Linux distributions.

GPM

Original author(s)	Alessandro Rubini
Developer(s)	Nico Schottelius
Stable release	1.20.7 / October 26, 2012
Preview release	1.99.7 / July 24, 2008
Repository	github.com/telmich/gpm
Written in	C
Operating system	Linux
Type	Mouse
License	GNU General Public License
Website	www.nico.schottelius.org/software/gpm/

ncurses supports GPM; many applications use ncurses mouse-support. Other applications that work with GPM include Midnight Commander, Emacs, and JED.

See also

• moused, a mouse-driver for FreeBSD

Sources

• Linux in a Nutshell (5th ed.). O'Reilly Media. 27 July 2005. ISBN 0-596-00930-5.

External links

• "GPM". Freecode.
• gpm(8) – Linux Administration and Privileged Commands Manual