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[Patrick Valdellon <valworx@xxxxxxxxx>]

Just a small correction:


On Sun, Dec 27, 2009 at 10:48 AM, Patrick Valdellon <valworx@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi guys,
> Since I configured my touchpad today, and there seem to be open
> questions in the mailing-list archive (18 Nov 2009: Arnaldo Mandel,
> Mar 2009  Eric Webb) I'm telling my results.
>
> Enter the configartion right after <merge key="input.x11_driver"
> type="string">synaptics</merge> in this file:
> /usr/share/hal/fdi/policy/20thirdparty/11-x11-synaptics.fdi
>
> You don't have to use everything here, just leave out, what you don't need
>
> <merge key="input.x11_options.CircularScrolling"
> type="string">true</merge> #quite comfy and the fastest way to scroll
> long documents
> <merge key="input.x11_options.CircScrollTrigger" type="string">8</merge>
>
> <merge key="input.x11_options.VertEdgeScroll" type="string">1</merge>
> <merge key="input.x11_options.HorizEdgeScroll" type="string">1</merge>
> # for scrolling sideways on the bottom edge; probably not needed with
> 1600px displays ;)
>
> <merge key="input.x11_options.VertTwoFingerScroll" type="string">1</merge>
> <merge key="input.x11_options.HorizTwoFingerScroll"
> type="string">1</merge> #scrolling sideways with two fingers
> <merge key="input.x11_options.EmulateTwoFingerMinZ"
> type="string">70</merge> #play around with "synclient -m10" to find a
> value good for you
> <merge key="input.x11_options.EmulateTwoFingerMinW" type="string">0</merge>
>
> <merge key="input.x11_options.EmulateMidButtonTime"
> type="string">250</merge> #allows middle-clicking by pressing the
> mouse buttons (almost) at the same time
>
> <merge key="input.x11_options.LTCornerButton" type="string">2</merge>
> #middle-click by tapping in the top-left corner
> <merge key="input.x11_options.LBCornerButton" type="string">3</merge>
> #right-click by tapping in the left-bottom corner
> <merge key="input.x11_options.RTCornerButton" type="string">0</merge>
> <merge key="input.x11_options.RBCornerButton" type="string">0</merge>
>
> <merge key="input.x11_options.LeftEdge" type="string">173</merge> #
> define the size of the corners
> <merge key="input.x11_options.RightEdge" type="string">870</merge>
> #again: play around with "synclient -m10" to get a comfortable value
> <merge key="input.x11_options.TopEdge" type="string">205</merge>
> <merge key="input.x11_options.BottomEdge" type="string">652</merge>
>
> <merge key="input.x11_options.MaxTapMove" type="string">10</merge>
> #cuts down on the accidental clicks
>
> For playing around faster:
> <merge key="input.x11_options.SHMConfig" type="string">true</merge>
> #security risk! every user can use this, so deactivate it after you're
> finished. allows changing values like this: "synclient
> LTCornerButton=2"
this has no influence on the ability to set new values, you can do
that anyways. It enables reading the touchpad output with "synclient
-m"

>
> for changes in the file to take effect you have to restart hal with
> "sudo service hal restart" and X (log out or ctrl+alt+sysrq=k)
>
> br,
>      Patrick
>