/*
 * general purpose mouse support for Linux
 *
 * Copyright 1993   ajh@gec-mrc.co.uk (Andrew Haylett)
 * Copyright 1994   rubini@ipvvis.unipv.it (Alessandro Rubini)
 *
 *******/

This  package, which  is  currently beta quality,  tries to  be a
useful mouse server for applications running on the Linux console.  It
is  heavily based on the  "selection" package,  by Andrew Haylett, and
quite a good deal of code comes from selection itself. This package is
intended as a replacement for "selection", to provide
additional facilities. gpm isn't needed if you don't run text-based
applications with mouse support. Currently, the only client for gpm is
"the mouseless commander", by Miguel de Icaza. An emacs package is included
in the release, though the functionality is limited, by now.

The latest release is available by ftp from iride.unipv.it:/pub/gpm

The directory "./doc" holds the documentation. I have just switched
to 'texinfo', and I hope it all works well. The release embeds both
a postscript file and an info one. I hope the 'info' file can be
useful.

The directory "kernel" embeds the kernel patches needed to run gpm.
Patches are provided against 1.0 and 1.1.18. Refer to kernel/README
to have more details. No patch is needed for 1.1.32 onwards.

Feel free to call me to report/fix bugs.
If you are willing to write a client I'd like to help as well.

======> WARNING: The package can log everything on /tmp/gpmlog.
		The file gets really big. Either remove it every so often
		or disable logging by editing gpmCfg.h (now disabled by
		default).


CREDITS:

Steven S. Dick (ssd@nevets.oau.org) fixed a pair of bugs in early gpm
	versions.
Miguel de Icaza (miguel@roxanne.nuclecu.unam.mx) helped fixing
	some bugs and provided a good client to test my server.
Olav Woelfelschneider (wosch@rbg.informatik.th-darmstadt.de)
	fixed 0.10 with MouseSystems compatible mice.
