[ltp] Disabling moving/tapping touchpad but leave scrolling?

[Jiang Qian]

On Fri, Jul 21, 2006 at 03:23:10PM +0300, Teemu Nikkil=E4 wrote:
> Hi, maybe synclient and syndaemon are what you are looking for:
>=20
> On Thursday, 20. July 2006 00:53, Paul RIVIER wrote:
> > Well, now what I would really like in a kind of smart driver for the
> > touchpad doing :
> > - If anything is happening on the keyboard or the trackpoint, deactivate
> > touchpad (I have heard that already exist)
>=20
> $ syndaemon -h
> syndaemon: invalid option -- h
> Usage: syndaemon [-i idle-time] [-d]
>   -i How many seconds to wait after the last key press before
>      enabling the touchpad. (default is 2.0s)
>   -d Start as a daemon, ie in the background.
>   -p Create a pid file with the specified name.
>   -t Only disable tapping, not mouse movements.
>=20
> > - Configurable movements / action bindings, typically : move from left
> > to right go to workspace right; move up/down scrolls. And why not if
> > possible, fancy gesture recognition, like 'Z' closes the windows,
> > although I believe only straightforward moves can be really useful.
>=20
> To disable all but scrolling:
>=20
> $ synclient MinSpeed=3D0 MaxSpeed=3D0 TapButton1=3D0 TapButton2=3D0 TapBu=
tton3=3D0
>=20
> To re-enable touchpad:
>=20
> $ synclient MinSpeed=3D0.09 MaxSpeed=3D0.18 TapButton1=3D1 TapButton2=3D2=
 TapButton3=3D3
>=20
> -Teemu
Thanks. Exactly what I need. Here's a crude shell script I use to turn=20
it on/off:
#!/bin/bash

case "$1" in
    off)
    echo "starting syndaemon";
    syndaemon -d;
    echo "setting the values";
    synclient MinSpeed=3D0 MaxSpeed=3D0 TapButton1=3D0 TapButton2=3D0=20
TapButton3=3D0
    echo "stop syndaemon";
    killall syndaemon;
    exit 0
    ;;
    on)
    echo "starting syndaemon";
    syndaemon -d;
    echo "setting the values";
    synclient MinSpeed=3D0.02 MaxSpeed=3D0.18 TapButton1=3D1 TapButton2=3D2=
=20
TapButton3=3D3 echo "stop syndaemon";
    killall syndaemon;
    exit 0
    ;;
    *)
    echo "Usage: $0 {on|off}" >&2
    exit 1
    ;;
esac

Jiang
> --=20
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