From d2f5cf5b1f17393234fa02bdb453c452139d29cc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Michael Lucas <mwlucas@FreeBSD.org>
Date: Tue, 8 Apr 2003 14:46:01 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Remove 2.1 and 2.2 cruft from mouse questions, and rewrite
 answers to be more readable now that the cruft is gone.

---
 en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.sgml | 75 +++++++++++------------------
 1 file changed, 28 insertions(+), 47 deletions(-)

diff --git a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.sgml b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.sgml
index 178d672f45..381176baab 100644
--- a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.sgml
+++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.sgml
@@ -2620,60 +2620,41 @@ usbd_flags=""</programlisting>
 
       <qandaentry>
         <question id="moused">
-          <para>Is it possible to make use of a mouse in any way outside
+          <para>Is it possible to use a mouse in any way outside
             the X Window system?</para>
         </question>
 
         <answer>
-          <para>If you are using the default console driver, syscons, you
+          <para>If you are using the default console driver, &man.syscons.4;, you
             can use a mouse pointer in text consoles to cut &amp; paste
-            text. Run the mouse daemon, moused, and turn on the mouse
+            text. Run the mouse daemon, &man.moused.8;, and turn on the mouse
             pointer in the virtual console:</para>
 
           <screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>moused -p /dev/<replaceable>xxxx</replaceable> -t <replaceable>yyyy</replaceable></userinput>
 &prompt.root; <userinput>vidcontrol -m on</userinput></screen>
 
-          <para>Where <replaceable>xxxx</replaceable> is the mouse device
-            name and <replaceable>yyyy</replaceable> is a protocol type for
-            the mouse.  See the &man.moused.8; manual page for supported
+          <para>Where <replaceable>xxxx</replaceable> is the mouse
+            device name and <replaceable>yyyy</replaceable> is a
+            protocol type for the mouse.  The mouse daemon can
+            automatically determine the protocol type of most
+            mice, except old serial mice. Specify the
+            <literal>auto</literal> protocol to invoke automatic
+            detection.  If automatic detection does not work, see the
+            &man.moused.8; manual page for a list of supported
             protocol types.</para>
 
-          <para>You may wish to run the mouse daemon automatically when the
-            system starts.  In version 2.2.1, set the following variables in
-            <filename>/etc/sysconfig</filename>.</para>
-
-          <programlisting>mousedtype="yyyy"
-mousedport="xxxx"
-mousedflags=""</programlisting>
-
-          <para>In versions 2.2.2 to 3.0, set the following variables in
+          <para>If you have a PS/2 mouse, just
+            add <literal>moused_enable="YES"</literal> to
+            <filename>/etc/rc.conf</filename> to start the mouse daemon at boot-time.
+            Additionally, if you would like to use the mouse
+            daemon on all virtual terminals instead of just the console,
+            add <literal>allscreens_flags="-m on"</literal> to
             <filename>/etc/rc.conf</filename>.</para>
 
-          <programlisting>moused_type="yyyy"
-moused_port="xxxx"
-moused_flags=""</programlisting>
-
-          <para>In 3.1 and later, assuming you have a PS/2 mouse, all you
-            need to is add <literal>moused_enable="YES"</literal> to
-            <filename>/etc/rc.conf</filename>.</para>
-
-          <para>In addition, if you would like to be able to use the mouse
-            daemon on all virtual terminals instead of just console at
-            boot-time, add the following to
-            <filename>/etc/rc.conf</filename>.</para>
-
-          <programlisting>allscreens_flags="-m on"</programlisting>
-
-          <para>Starting from FreeBSD 2.2.6, the mouse daemon is capable of
-            determining the correct protocol type automatically unless the
-            mouse is a relatively old serial mouse model. Specify
-            <literal>auto</literal> the protocol to invoke automatic
-            detection.</para>
-
           <para>When the mouse daemon is running, access to the mouse
-            needs to be coordinated between the mouse daemon and other
-            programs such as the X Window. Refer to <link
-            linkend="x-and-moused">another section</link> on this
+            must be coordinated between the mouse daemon and other
+            programs such as X Windows. Refer to the FAQ <link
+            linkend="x-and-moused">Why does my mouse not work with X?</link> for more details on this
             issue.</para>
         </answer>
       </qandaentry>
@@ -2685,17 +2666,17 @@ moused_flags=""</programlisting>
         </question>
 
         <answer>
-          <para>Once you get the mouse daemon running (see
+          <para>Once you get the mouse daemon running (see the
             <link linkend="moused">previous section</link>), hold down the
             button 1 (left button) and move the mouse to select a region of
-            text. Then, press the button 2 (middle button) or the button 3
-            (right button) to paste it at the text cursor.</para>
+            text. Then, press the button 2 (middle button)
+            to paste it at the text cursor.
+            Pressing button 3 (right button) will
+            <quote>extend</quote> the selected region of text.</para>
 
-          <para>In versions 2.2.6 and later, pressing the button 2 will
-            paste the text. Pressing the button 3 will
-            <quote>extend</quote> the selected region of text. If your
-            mouse does not have the middle button, you may wish to emulate
-            it or remap buttons using moused options. See the
+	  <para>If your
+            mouse does not have a middle button, you may wish to emulate
+            one or remap buttons using mouse daemon options. See the
             &man.moused.8; manual page for details.</para>
         </answer>
       </qandaentry>