On Thu, 28 Apr 2016 09:50:29 +0200 fuumind <fuum...@openmailbox.org> wrote:
> > On Wed, 27 Apr 2016 13:22:28 -0400 > Steve Litt <sl...@troubleshooters.com> wrote: > > > On Wed, 27 Apr 2016 11:25:19 +0200 > > aitor_czr <aitor_...@gnuinos.org> wrote: > > > > > On 04/27/2016 11:21 AM, aitor_czr wrote: > > > > If so, try doing: > > > > synclient TouchpadOff=1 > > > > > > > > for enabling the touchpad, and: > > > > > > > > synclient TouchpadOff=0 > > > > > > > > for disabling it. > > > > > > Sorry, it's in the other way around: > > > > > > synclient TouchpadOff=0 > > > > > > enables the touchpad :) > > > > And for even more fun, here's the "touchtoggle" shellscript I put on > > every laptop, linked to hotkey Ctrl+Shift+j: > > > > ============================================= > > #!/bin/sh > > > > curstate=`synclient | grep -i TouchpadOff | sed -e"s/.*= //"` > > if test "$curstate" = "1"; then > > synclient TouchpadOff=0 > > else > > synclient TouchpadOff=1 > > fi > > ============================================= > > > This is a gem! I don't know how many times I have accidentally > brushed at the touchpad while typing and moved the cursor to > somewhere it shouldn't be or deleted text. Maybe one could write a > daemon that disables the touchpad n seconds after the any-key has > been pressed... :) > > /fuumind There *is* such a daemon. I tried it for a little while and didn't like it. That's why I don't remember the daemon's name. It sounds like a great idea: Totally automatic. But I found that those few times when I *really* wanted the mouse, I didn't want to wait n seconds to access the mouse, instead opting for the instantaneous Ctrl+Shift+j, which *for me, and YMMV* is a very easy and fast key combo. SteveT Steve Litt April 2016 featured book: Rapid Learning for the 21st Century http://www.troubleshooters.com/rl21 _______________________________________________ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng
