Le 27/12/2020 à 21:55, Steve Litt a écrit : > On Sun, 27 Dec 2020 10:20:04 -0500 > Hendrik Boom <hend...@topoi.pooq.com> wrote: > >> My touchpad is absurdly sensitive, and I keep brushing against it by >> accident. I don't feel the touch at all, but the computer sure does. >> It can hapen while I'm typing and suddenly my text edit turns into a >> shell command in a newsly chosen window. >> I suspect even a few beard hairs can activate it. >> >> Now I usually use a wireless mouse on this computer though >> occasionally the mouse fails (usually low battery) an then I do want >> the touchpad. >> >> Is there any way to disable the touchpad normally, but to reactivate >> it easily when the mouse fails? > Yes! > > The attached touchtoggle.sh should fulfill your exact needs. Just > associate it with a convenient hotkey. > > For convenience I'm also putting it in the body, but use it from the > attachment: I have no idea what email clients do to the characters in > the file: > > ====================================================== > #!/bin/sh > > # touchtoggle.sh Copyright (C) 2019 by Steve Litt > # All rights reserved. > # Licensed via the > # Expat license: https://directory.fsf.org/wiki/License:Expat > > # FIRST GET DEVICE'S DEVICE ID CONTAINING CASE INSENSITIVE "TOUCHPAD" > devid=`xinput | grep -i touchpad | \ > sed -e"s/.*id=//" | sed -e"s/\s.*//"` > > # WITH THAT DEVICE ID, FIND EVERYTING ABOUT PROPERTY > # CONTAINING CASE INSENSITIVE "DEVICE ENABLED" > scratchline=`xinput --list-props 11 | \ > grep -i "device enabled" | \ > sed -e"s/^\s*//" | sed -e"s/\s*$//"` > proptext=`echo $scratchline | sed -e"s/\s*(.*//"` > propid=`echo $scratchline | sed -e"s/.*(//" | sed -e"s/).*//"` > currstate=`echo $scratchline | sed -e"s/.*):\s*//"` > > # DIAGNOSTICS, COMMENT OUT WHEN FULLY FUNCTIONAL > echo diagnostic devid =$devid > echo diagnostic scratchline=$scratchline > echo diagnostic proptext =$proptext# > echo diagnostic propid =$propid > > # TOGGLE CURRSTATE VARIABLE > echo -n "Current state of $currstate " > if test "$currstate" = "1"; then > currstate=0 > else > currstate=1 > fi > echo has been changed to $currstate. > > # IMPLEMENT THE PROPERTY VALUE CHANGE > xinput set-prop $devid $propid $currstate > > # UNCOMMENT FOLLOWING LINE IF PROPERTY ID STOPS WORKING > #xinput set-prop $devid "$proptext" $currstate > > ====================================================== > > I've had several versions of this shellscript, so please let me know > whether it works for you.
Note you might as well open your laptop and unplug the touchpad. Just search for a tutorial on how to change it. -- Didier _______________________________________________ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng
