Chase Douglas schrieb folgendes am 12.02.2012 19:56: > On Feb 12, 2012, at 10:42 AM, Chris Van Hoof <[email protected]> wrote: > Hey Chase,
thanks a lot, thats a good thing! This morning I thought it should be easier to work with Ubuntu when you forget your external mouse :) Your scripts work, but there are some glitches. Context menus only show up if I touch specific points in the upper area of the "right button area". If I use the lower area, nothing happens, but I guess you know that already. If you need more feedback and data, drop me a line. br Kristian >> On 02/11/2012 04:58 PM, Chase Douglas wrote: >>> Hi all, >>> >>> I've spent some time working on making "ClickPad" trackpads work better. >>> I have put the end result up at ppa:chasedouglas/clickpad. I would like >>> some testing feedback for the changes. >>> >>> In this context, a "ClickPad" is any touchpad with buttons integrated >>> into the touch surface. This includes many variations of Synaptics >>> trackpads and all the multitouch Apple trackpads. However, not all >>> devices are detected as clickpads by the kernel, so you may need to >>> manually override the clickpad detection. >>> >>> I have attached two scripts. The first enables clickpad support, and the >>> second enables a "right button area" in the lower right corner of the >>> trackpad. The 'right button area" should overlap with the right button >>> area painted on some ClickPads. You are free to enable or disable it as >>> you wish. >>> >>> The scripts require the device name or id as the first argument. You can >>> query the device name and id by running "xinput list". >>> >>> So what does this do? >>> >>> * You can now perform click-and-drag with two separate fingers >>> * With the right button area enabled, a button press in the area will >>> fire a right button press instead of a left button press >>> * Click actions are possible, but they are an advanced feature I don't >>> want to support yet by detailing them here >>> >>> If we get good feedback on this, then I would like to push it into >>> Precise. I also want to add a checkbox to the mouse settings preferences >>> to enable the right button area too. >>> >>> Thanks for testing! >>> >>> -- Chase >> >> Just ran through a dist-upgrade to make sure I was current, added your PPA >> and pulled in the new x-x-i-synaptics package. >> >> ... enabled both scripts with my magic trackpad and did a bit of testing >> with the program I have been wanting this support for since I purchased it, >> Thunderbird :) >> >> Everything is working flawlessly, lower right gives me right click, and I >> can easily move items around now after a click and hold. >> >> I'll keep testing things out and will report any oddities if I run across >> any. >> >> Would you prefer I give you a ping or file a bug if anything comes up? > > Replying to this thread would be best. That way everyone can see any > potential issues when a decision is made on pushing to precise. The changes > are not trivial, so all feedback is helpful. > > Thanks! > > -- Chase -- Kristian Kißling, Editor in chief, Ubuntu User (www.ubuntu-user.de) Linux New Media AG, Putzbrunner Straße 71, 81739 München, Germany [email protected] - [email protected] Follow us on: * http://www.facebook.com/ubuntuuser * https://plus.google.com/b/104445680837136693941/ * https://joindiaspora.com/u/ubuntu_user_germany * http://twitter.com/Ubuntu_User_De Linux New Media - The Pulse of Open Source Malaga - Manchester - München - Sao Paulo - Warszawa http://www.linuxnewmedia.de --------------------------------------------------- Sitz der Gesellschaft: Putzbrunner Straße 71, 81739 München Fon: ++49 (89) 993 41 100 Amtsgericht München: HRB 129161 Vorstand: Brian Osborn, Hermann Plank Aufsichtsratsvorsitzender: Rudolf Strobl -- ubuntu-desktop mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-desktop
