Re: [lubuntu-users] Keyboard shortcuts (for touchpad enable/disable)

2016-09-10 Thread Mark F
Israel, I had the same reaction to Basil's suggestion. But, I overlooked how he said a value of zero means "touchpad off." I think that would satisfy resource sensitive people (the target audience of Lubuntu?). If I'm not using a real mouse (and needed the touchpad), reducing its sensitivity while

Re: [lubuntu-users] Keyboard shortcuts (for touchpad enable/disable)

2016-09-10 Thread Israel
On 09/07/2016 04:24 PM, Basil Fernie wrote: This is beginning to sound rather easy to implement: have a little listener process monitoring keyboard activity.. whenever a key is pressed, the touchpad is automatically set "off" for say 500-600ms, after which it is set "on" again. No need to fiddl

Re: [lubuntu-users] Keyboard shortcuts (for touchpad enable/disable)

2016-09-07 Thread Basil Fernie
This is beginning to sound rather easy to implement: have a little listener process monitoring keyboard activity.. whenever a key is pressed, the touchpad is automatically set "off" for say 500-600ms, after which it is set "on" again. No need to fiddle with drivers, key-combos... User must be a

Re: [lubuntu-users] Keyboard shortcuts (for touchpad enable/disable)

2016-09-06 Thread Mark F
On Tue, Sep 6, 2016 at 2:15 PM, Mark F wrote: > I use Windows-key + Space-key. I don't recall hitting it by accident. Upon further reflection, that could be because I don't make use of any keyboard shortcuts on a regular basis. Maybe if I were in the habit of hitting various key combos I could em

Re: [lubuntu-users] Keyboard shortcuts (for touchpad enable/disable)

2016-09-06 Thread Mark F
I use Windows-key + Space-key. I don't recall hitting it by accident. But, if the touchpad came on (or off) unexpectedly, I would just hit that key combination again to return it to its opposite state. The key combo could be further complicated (with ctrl + function?). What alternative could exis