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GPM (software)

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Original author(s)
  
Alessandro Rubini

Preview release
  
1.99.7 / July 24, 2008

Operating system
  
Linux

Developer(s)
  
Nico Schottelius

Written in
  
C

Stable release
  
1.20.7 / October 26, 2012

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

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

References

GPM (software) Wikipedia