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Rathole - The Safe Haven For Your Mouse
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Rathole is a Windows NT application which keeps your mouse pointer
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in a standard place when it's not moving often. It forms a rathole
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for the mouse on the screen (actually a Windows icon), and
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maintains a timer which goes off every few seconds (default is 10).
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If the mouse is in the same position on two consecutive timer
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ticks, it gets moved to the rathole. The length of time between
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when the mouse stops moving and when it gets moved to the rathole
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will vary from one to two times the timeout value, depending on
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when the mouse stops (obviously the time will be longer if it stops
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moving right after a timer tick). Multiple ratholes are also
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allowed -- they'll take turns claiming the pointer.
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To use Rathole, just start it (may add to winexec line in win.ini)
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A rathole will form in the lower left corner
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of the screen. You can drag the rathole anywhere on the screen
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you want.
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The user interface is through function keys. Click on the rathole
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to make it the active application first. The available keys are:
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F1 - About / Help dialog box
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F2 - Change the timeout
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F3 - Exit
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Suggestions for improvements will be accepted (and probably ignored);
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including source code will improve the chances of a suggestion being
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implemented.
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Happy ratholing.
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Greg Jones [gregj]
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* Windows NT implementation by Mike Harrington [mikehar]
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