ran, but I'm not certain:
viddev=/dev/ttyv0
moused_start()
{
echo -n 'Starting moused:'
/usr/sbin/moused ${moused_flags} -p ${moused_port} -t ${moused_type}
_mousechar_arg=
case ${mousechar_start} in
[Nn][Oo] | '')
;;
*)
echo -n ' mousechar_start'
_mousechar_arg="-M ${mousechar_start}"
;;
esac
vidcontrol < ${viddev} ${_mousechar_arg} -m on
echo '.'
}