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Running under `xterm'
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   As of release 0.18, gpm-based applications can run under xterm
without any need for recompilation. The library is designed to convert
xterm mouse events to gpm-style structures, so that the client will get
the same events it got under the Linux console. Moreover, a source file
`sample/gpm-xterm.c' is available to mimic libgpm under a different OS
than Linux. Porting to other text-based consoles is an open issue, but
I myself have Linux alone.

   The goal is to provide a uniform mouse interface with both xterm and
the Linux console. Some features of libgpm would not be available, but
if you run under xterm you know what you get, so you couldn't use them
on the console anyway.

   The `sample' directory in the distribution tree is meant to show how
a simple mouse-sensitive application can be easily autoconfigured and
compiled. The `rmev' program has proved to compile and run smoothly
under Linux (both with and without `libgpm.a'), SunOS-4, Solaris-5,
hpux-8.x and Ultrix-3.0.