[ cc'ing devel ] nathan c. riddle wrote: > Did anyone else pick up on the student use of XO in picture of O.K. > School in Manitoba on planet.laptop.org for Dec. 17 ? Using touchpad > behind display. > > Is this just for posing picture or do students use it this way? > > Tried it and easily adapted to reversed motions needed to move pointer > -- feels like I am using a touch tablet. > > > Wonder if pointer response could be reversed for those who were not > comfortable with tablet feel.
yes -- the commandline command "olpc-rotate -e" will do it -- it causes both touchpad axes to be reflected. use "olpc-rotate -n" to revert to 'n'ormal. (the 'e' stands for ebook). i thought this facility would be useful when using the laptop in ebook mode, because in that mode the only way to get at the touchpad is by cracking the laptop open slightly, which results in that same "backwards" operation. but i found that in practice it was pretty easy to get used to the reversal, and doing the axis reflection automatically is impossible. (the problem is that the laptop only knows it's in ebook mode when fully closed. as soon as you crack it open to reach the touchpad, it's back in "normal" mode, even though it's only been opened by less than an inch to access the touchpad.) paul =--------------------- paul fox, p...@laptop.org _______________________________________________ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel