wsmoused —
multipurpose mouse daemon
  
    | wsmoused | [ -ddevice]
      [-fconf_file]
      [-mmodes]
      [-n] | 
The wsmoused daemon provides mouse support in console,
  allowing copying and pasting text. The left mouse button is used to select
  text when held and you use the right button to paste it in the active console.
Supported options are as follows:
  - -ddevice
- specifies the device file to be used as the
      wsmouse(4) device. Defaults
      to /dev/wsmouse.
- -fconf_file
- specifies the configuration file to be used. Defaults to
      /etc/wsmoused.conf.
- -mmodes
- specifies which modes should be activated. Mode names are given in the
      argument as a whitespace separated list. Overrides the
      ‘modes’ directive in the configuration file.
- -n
- do not fork in the background (for debugging purposes). Overrides the
      ‘nodaemon’ directive in the configuration file.
Many other details can be tuned. See
    wsmoused.conf(5) for
    more information.
wsmoused is designed to be a multipurpose
    mouse daemon. Functionality is provided through independent
    modes, enabled either through the
    -m flag or through the ‘modes’
    property in the configuration file (the former takes precedence).
The ‘action’ mode executes commands upon receiving mouse button
  events. Commands can be associated on a button basis, and can differentiate
  between push or release events.
The ‘selection’ mode provides visual copy and paste support in
  text consoles when using the
  wscons(4) device. A selection is
  created by clicking with the primary mouse button at any point on the screen
  and dragging it while clicked. When the button is released, the selected text
  is copied to an internal buffer for further pasting with the secondary button.
  - /dev/ttyE[0-n]
- tty devices
- /dev/ttyEstat
- wsdisplay status notification device
- /dev/wsmouse[0-n]
- mouse control device
- /etc/wsmoused.conf
- default configuration file
Thewsmoused command first appeared in
  NetBSD 2.0.
The wsmoused command was developed by
  Julio M. Merino Vidal ⟨jmmv@NetBSD.org⟩.
wsmoused does work properly only with display drivers,
  which implement WSDISPLAYIO_GETWSCHAR and
  WSDISPLAYIO_PUTWSCHAR ioctls. Currently only
  vga(4) and drivers utilizing
  vcons(9) support it.
When using the ‘action’ mode, commands specified in the
  configuration file are executed as the user who started the daemon. By
  default, this user is ‘root’ when using the
  rc.subr(8) framework. You
  should set ‘wsmoused_user="<some_user>"’ in
  rc.conf(5) to a safer user (and
  adjust file permissions accordingly) if the commands you want to execute do
  not require superuser privileges. An alternative is to use
  su(1) as part of the command string
  in the configuration file.
The following notes apply to all work modes:
  - When switching from the X screen to a text terminal, there is a small
      delay (five seconds) until the mouse works again. This time is used by X
      to close the mouse device properly.
The following notes apply to the ‘selection’ mode
    only:
  - The mouse cursor is only visible for a short period of time. It will
      disappear when you stop moving it to avoid console corruption (which
      happens if it is visible and there is text output).
- You need to change the getty program which is run in the first virtual
      terminal to use /dev/ttyE0 instead of
      /dev/console. To do this, edit
      /etc/ttys and
      /etc/wscons.conf.