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neysx 05/07/26 18:17:07 |
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Modified: xml/htdocs/doc/en gpm.xml |
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Log: |
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Coding style, removed installCD mention |
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Revision Changes Path |
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1.2 +51 -54 xml/htdocs/doc/en/gpm.xml |
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file : http://www.gentoo.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/xml/htdocs/doc/en/gpm.xml?rev=1.2&content-type=text/x-cvsweb-markup&cvsroot=gentoo |
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plain: http://www.gentoo.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/xml/htdocs/doc/en/gpm.xml?rev=1.2&content-type=text/plain&cvsroot=gentoo |
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diff : http://www.gentoo.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/xml/htdocs/doc/en/gpm.xml.diff?r1=1.1&r2=1.2&cvsroot=gentoo |
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Index: gpm.xml |
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=================================================================== |
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RCS file: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/gpm.xml,v |
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retrieving revision 1.1 |
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retrieving revision 1.2 |
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diff -u -r1.1 -r1.2 |
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--- gpm.xml 26 Jul 2005 17:56:59 -0000 1.1 |
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+++ gpm.xml 26 Jul 2005 18:17:07 -0000 1.2 |
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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> |
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<!DOCTYPE guide SYSTEM "/dtd/guide.dtd"> |
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-<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/gpm.xml,v 1.1 2005/07/26 17:56:59 jkt Exp $ --> |
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+<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/gpm.xml,v 1.2 2005/07/26 18:17:07 neysx Exp $ --> |
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<guide link="/doc/en/gpm.xml"> |
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<title>Using a Mouse within the Console</title> |
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</author> |
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<abstract> |
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-This guide shows you how to set up and use gpm (the General |
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-Purpose Mouse server) from within a command line interface. |
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-This is especially useful for new Gentoo installations or |
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-for systems that cannot or do not use an X server. |
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+This guide shows you how to set up and use gpm (the General Purpose Mouse |
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+server) from within a command line interface. This is especially useful for new |
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+Gentoo installations or for systems that cannot or do not use an X server. |
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</abstract> |
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<!-- The content of this document is licensed under the CC-BY-SA license --> |
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<license/> |
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<version>1.0</version> |
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-<date>2005-07-19</date> |
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+<date>2005-07-26</date> |
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<chapter> |
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<title>Getting gpm</title> |
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<body> |
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<p> |
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-If you've just installed Gentoo, you almost certainly don't have your mouse |
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-set up to work within a command line interface (CLI) yet. Or perhaps you |
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-can't use or don't need an X server, yet you still need to use a mouse. The |
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-solution is simple: <c>gpm</c>, the General Purpose Mouse server. |
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+If you've just installed Gentoo, you almost certainly don't have your mouse set |
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+up to work within a command line interface (CLI) yet. Or perhaps you can't use |
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+or don't need an X server, yet you still need to use a mouse. The solution is |
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+simple: <c>gpm</c>, the General Purpose Mouse server. |
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</p> |
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<p> |
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</pre> |
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<p> |
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-You might have noticed a few messages during the compilation that warned |
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-about configuring the server. You must do this before starting gpm. |
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+You might have noticed a few messages during the compilation that warned about |
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+configuring the server. You must do this before starting gpm. |
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</p> |
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</body> |
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<body> |
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<p> |
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-Before you can use gpm, you will need to uncomment the lines |
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-corresponding to the location and protocol of your mouse. You do this by |
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-editing the gpm configuration file: |
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+Before you can use gpm, you will need to uncomment the lines corresponding to |
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+the location and protocol of your mouse. You do this by editing the gpm |
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+configuration file: |
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</p> |
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<pre caption="Setting up gpm"> |
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</pre> |
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<p> |
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-In my case, I have a USB mouse on <path>/dev/input/mouse0</path>. So, I |
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-have uncommented <path>/dev/input/mice</path>, as this is the cumulative |
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-device for all mice on the system, and the appropriate protocol. |
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-Try using <path>/dev/input/mice</path> before <path>/dev/psaux</path>, as |
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-the latter is deprecated and can be disabled in the latest 2.6 kernels. If |
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-<path>/dev/input/mice</path> fails, then fall back to other devices. Here is |
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-my example <path>/etc/conf.d/gpm</path>: |
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+In my case, I have a USB mouse on <path>/dev/input/mouse0</path>. So, I have |
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+uncommented <path>/dev/input/mice</path>, as this is the cumulative device for |
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+all mice on the system, and the appropriate protocol. Try using |
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+<path>/dev/input/mice</path> before <path>/dev/psaux</path>, as the latter is |
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+deprecated and can be disabled in the latest 2.6 kernels. If |
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+<path>/dev/input/mice</path> fails, then fall back to other devices. Here is my |
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+example <path>/etc/conf.d/gpm</path>: |
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</p> |
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<pre caption="Example gpm config"> |
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-<comment># Please uncomment the type of mouse you have and the appropriate MOUSEDEV entry</comment> |
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+<comment>(Please uncomment the type of mouse you have and the appropriate MOUSEDEV entry)</comment> |
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#MOUSE=ps2 |
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MOUSE=imps2 |
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</pre> |
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<p> |
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-If you have a wheelmouse, you will want to use the imps2 protocol, so |
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-uncomment that line. If imps2 and ps2 both fail to work for you, please |
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-refer to the gpm info page (<c>info gpm</c>) for other protocols to try. |
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-Also, if you want to be able to click on hyperlinks in terminals to |
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-navigate to a website, it is a good idea to follow the suggestion in the |
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-<c>/etc/conf.d/gpm</c> file: |
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+If you have a wheelmouse, you will want to use the imps2 protocol, so uncomment |
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+that line. If imps2 and ps2 both fail to work for you, please refer to the gpm |
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+info page (<c>info gpm</c>) for other protocols to try. Also, if you want to be |
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+able to click on hyperlinks in terminals to navigate to a website, it is a good |
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+idea to follow the suggestion in the <c>/etc/conf.d/gpm</c> file: |
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</p> |
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<pre caption="Other options"> |
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-<comment># Please uncomment this line if you want gpm to understand charsets</comment> |
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-<comment># used in URLs and names with ~ or : in them, etc.</comment> |
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-<comment># This is a good idea to turn on!</comment> |
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+<comment>(Please uncomment this line if you want gpm to understand charsets |
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+used in URLs and names with ~ or : in them, etc. |
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+This is a good idea to turn on!)</comment> |
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APPEND="-l \"a-zA-Z0-9_.:~/\300-\326\330-\366\370-\377\"" |
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</pre> |
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<p> |
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-The rest of the conf.d file contains other suggestions for your mouse server; |
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-uncomment the various options according to your needs. See <c>man gpm</c> |
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-for more information. |
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+The rest of the conf.d file contains other suggestions for your mouse server; |
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+uncomment the various options according to your needs. See <c>man gpm</c> for |
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+more information. |
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</p> |
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</body> |
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<body> |
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<p> |
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-Now that your mouse server is installed and configured, it's time to start |
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+Now that your mouse server is installed and configured, it's time to start |
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using it: |
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</p> |
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</pre> |
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<p> |
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-You should see a block cursor appear. Remember that only root can run the gpm |
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-init script. However, to avoid having to <c>su</c> and run the script every |
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-single time you begin a new session, why not set gpm to begin every time you |
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+You should see a block cursor appear. Remember that only root can run the gpm |
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+init script. However, to avoid having to <c>su</c> and run the script every |
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+single time you begin a new session, why not set gpm to begin every time you |
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turn on your computer? |
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</p> |
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</pre> |
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<p> |
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-Now, whenever you start your computer, you'll be greeted by the console cursor |
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-by the time you get to the login prompt. The mouse server will continue to run |
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+Now, whenever you start your computer, you'll be greeted by the console cursor |
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+by the time you get to the login prompt. The mouse server will continue to run |
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even if you're not logged in as root. |
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</p> |
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<body> |
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<p> |
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-Copying and pasting large blocks of text with a working mouse server is very |
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-easy. Simply highlight the text with the left mouse button (it will stay |
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-highlighted when you release the button), switch to a different terminal if you |
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-wish, position the cursor, and press the middle mouse button to paste the text |
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-where you placed the cursor. Note that you can copy and paste without ever |
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+Copying and pasting large blocks of text with a working mouse server is very |
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+easy. Simply highlight the text with the left mouse button (it will stay |
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+highlighted when you release the button), switch to a different terminal if you |
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+wish, position the cursor, and press the middle mouse button to paste the text |
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+where you placed the cursor. Note that you can copy and paste without ever |
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leaving the terminal you started. This makes posting the output of error |
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-messages to the <uri link="http://forums.gentoo.org">Gentoo forums</uri> |
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+messages to the <uri link="http://forums.gentoo.org">Gentoo forums</uri> |
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extremely simple. |
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</p> |
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<p> |
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If you have a message on one screen and a text-mode web browser on the other, |
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