I am looking for a good command line tool to access the settings used by mate-control-center, at least those for the mouse/touchpad dialog box.
xinput (at least with my understanding of it) does not work very well for the following reasons:
Mouse "handedness" settings:
The map button sequence in xinput get/set-button-map is unrelated to the settings in System -> Control Center -> Mouse -> Mouse dialog box: Changes in one do not affect the other, so it is impossible to write a robust command line script for setting the mouse right or left handed with xinput, because if the Control Center Mouse dialog box is set to the default "Right-handed" you must useto make it left-handed, but if the Control Center Mouse dialog box is set to "Left-handed" you must useNo matter what the mouse "handedness" setting in the Control Center, xinput returns 1 2 3 as the sequence of the first three mouse buttons.
Touchpad:
When "Enable touchpad" is un-checked in System -> Control Center -> Mouse -> Touchpad, it seems impossible to enable it again with "xinput set-prop 186":But as long as "Enable touchpad" is checked "xinput set-prop" works as expected:This makes xinput rather frustrating to use in a reliable way from the Mate desktop, so if anyone can suggest a better command line tool to more dependably control mouse an touchpad from the command line, it would be very helpful.
xinput (at least with my understanding of it) does not work very well for the following reasons:
Mouse "handedness" settings:
The map button sequence in xinput get/set-button-map is unrelated to the settings in System -> Control Center -> Mouse -> Mouse dialog box: Changes in one do not affect the other, so it is impossible to write a robust command line script for setting the mouse right or left handed with xinput, because if the Control Center Mouse dialog box is set to the default "Right-handed" you must use
Code:
xinput -set-button-map 3 2 1Code:
xinput -set-button-map 1 2 3Touchpad:
When "Enable touchpad" is un-checked in System -> Control Center -> Mouse -> Touchpad, it seems impossible to enable it again with "xinput set-prop 186":
Code:
nick@nickspanasonic:~$ xinput set-prop 15 186 1nick@nickspanasonic:~$ xinput list-props 15Device 'SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad':Device Enabled (186):0Coordinate Transformation Matrix (188):1.000000, 0.000000, 0.000000, 0.000000, 1.000000, 0.000000, 0.000000, 0.000000, 1.000000libinput Tapping Enabled (345):1libinput Tapping Enabled Default (346):0libinput Tapping Drag Enabled (347):1libinput Tapping Drag Enabled Default (348):1libinput Tapping Drag Lock Enabled (349):0libinput Tapping Drag Lock Enabled Default (350):0libinput Tapping Button Mapping Enabled (351):1, 0libinput Tapping Button Mapping Default (352):1, 0libinput Natural Scrolling Enabled (322):0libinput Natural Scrolling Enabled Default (323):0libinput Disable While Typing Enabled (353):1libinput Disable While Typing Enabled Default (354):1libinput Scroll Methods Available (324):1, 1, 0libinput Scroll Method Enabled (325):1, 0, 0libinput Scroll Method Enabled Default (326):1, 0, 0libinput Accel Speed (333):0.000000libinput Accel Speed Default (334):0.000000libinput Accel Profiles Available (335):1, 1libinput Accel Profile Enabled (336):1, 0libinput Accel Profile Enabled Default (337):1, 0libinput Left Handed Enabled (338):0libinput Left Handed Enabled Default (339):0libinput Send Events Modes Available (307):1, 1libinput Send Events Mode Enabled (308):0, 0libinput Send Events Mode Enabled Default (309):0, 0Device Node (310):"/dev/input/event4"Device Product ID (311):2, 7libinput Drag Lock Buttons (340):<no items>libinput Horizontal Scroll Enabled (341):0libinput Scrolling Pixel Distance (342):15libinput Scrolling Pixel Distance Default (343):15libinput High Resolution Wheel Scroll Enabled (344):1nick@nickspanasonic:~$ Code:
nick@nickspanasonic:~$ xinput set-prop 15 186 1nick@nickspanasonic:~$ xinput list-props 15Device 'SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad':Device Enabled (186):1Coordinate Transformation Matrix (188):1.000000, 0.000000, 0.000000, 0.000000, 1.000000, 0.000000, 0.000000, 0.000000, 1.000000libinput Tapping Enabled (345):1libinput Tapping Enabled Default (346):0libinput Tapping Drag Enabled (347):1libinput Tapping Drag Enabled Default (348):1libinput Tapping Drag Lock Enabled (349):0libinput Tapping Drag Lock Enabled Default (350):0libinput Tapping Button Mapping Enabled (351):1, 0libinput Tapping Button Mapping Default (352):1, 0libinput Natural Scrolling Enabled (322):0libinput Natural Scrolling Enabled Default (323):0libinput Disable While Typing Enabled (353):1libinput Disable While Typing Enabled Default (354):1libinput Scroll Methods Available (324):1, 1, 0libinput Scroll Method Enabled (325):1, 0, 0libinput Scroll Method Enabled Default (326):1, 0, 0libinput Accel Speed (333):0.000000libinput Accel Speed Default (334):0.000000libinput Accel Profiles Available (335):1, 1libinput Accel Profile Enabled (336):1, 0libinput Accel Profile Enabled Default (337):1, 0libinput Left Handed Enabled (338):0libinput Left Handed Enabled Default (339):0libinput Send Events Modes Available (307):1, 1libinput Send Events Mode Enabled (308):0, 0libinput Send Events Mode Enabled Default (309):0, 0Device Node (310):"/dev/input/event4"Device Product ID (311):2, 7libinput Drag Lock Buttons (340):<no items>libinput Horizontal Scroll Enabled (341):0libinput Scrolling Pixel Distance (342):15libinput Scrolling Pixel Distance Default (343):15libinput High Resolution Wheel Scroll Enabled (344):1nick@nickspanasonic:~$ Statistics: Posted by gurfle — 2024-04-08 17:40 — Replies 1 — Views 11