Configure the mouse to work with freevo

It is possible to map the mouse buttons with keyboard events to control freevo menu by installing the following utilities:

A possible configuration using mplayer is the mapping of the following buttons:

Mouse button	Keybord event	Freevo event	Mplayer event
Wheel Up	up	Up one menu item	Back some time
Wheel Down	down	Down one menu item	Forward some time
Right Button	return	Select menu item	Exit mplayer
Left Button	escape	Previous menu	Exit mplayer
Wheel Button	space	-	Pause

This mapping is obtained by having a file called .xbindkeysrc in user home containing this text:

"echo -e 'KeyStrPress Escape\nKeyStrRelease Escape\n' | xmacroplay :0 &"
 b:3
"echo -e 'KeyStrPress Up\nKeyStrRelease Up\n' | xmacroplay :0 &"
 b:4
"echo -e 'KeyStrPress Down\nKeyStrRelease Down\n' | xmacroplay :0 &"
 b:5
"echo -e 'KeyStrPress Return\nKeyStrRelease Return\n' | xmacroplay :0 &"
 b:1
"echo -e 'KeyStrPress space\nKeyStrRelease space\n' | xmacroplay :0 &"
 b:2

then, put at the beginning of the file .xinitrc in user home the line xbindkeys to have this configuration loaded at startup of X.

This configuration works with wired as well as radio/bluetooth mouse.