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[Israel <israel@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Nio
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On 04/17/2015 07:03 PM, Nio Wiklund wrote:
> ...

> There is already another new version uploaded: It contains a bug-fix
> for the bug Jack found plus other bug-fixes are pure improvements,
> particular auto mode for zTweaks. (zMktbl in not changed, but both
> installers are debugged - bad bugs found).
I downloaded ztweaks and brought in the changes.  I don't use the
installers.  I simply use your programs and add them into the package,
and make the package install them.


> Yes, there can be good purposes for mounting partitions (I think we
> should talk about partitions). Actually all mountable partitions can
> be mounted except the one we want to extract to a tarball. On the
> other hand I don't think it is a good idea to mount more than one
> partition to /mnt, so that should be checked for too. And in general,
> I think it is a good idea to have as few partitions as possible
> mounted while extracting to a tarball. This way the process is
> disturbed as little as possible. Another way would be to allow for
> selecting a mounted drive, and when selected, try to unmount it. If
> unmounting fails, let the user make it unmountable (close the
> application, that locks it). If that is not possible, the user should
> boot from another drive.
Yes, I agree.  we could mount in a way that is fairly common (using
/media/device_name)
we could make directories like /media/sdb1 to keep it simple


> Yes this is a possibility. But shutting off the touchpad in autostart
> can be a bad idea, unless it is conditional (only when there is a
> mouse or other pointing device). The simplest method with synclient is
> not conditional. But there is a long list, that can be used by the end
> user. Maybe we can supply a few more options that what is included
> now, at least sysclient touchpadoff=0 # on sysclient touchpadoff=1 #
> off sysclient touchpadoff=2 # only tapping and scrolling is off See
> man synaptics for a lot of details (at least there is a lot in Trusty,
> which I am testing now). 
My mouse/touchpad program makes heavy use of synaptics... it is actually
a frontend to the terminal commands.  It runs the terminal commands in
the background and creates a small startup script.... oh I just found
the bug in it :)  I am not adding the shebang :P

These are the most important ones to me:

synclient TapButton1=0 TapButton2=3 TapButton3=2 ClickFinger1=1
ClickFinger2=3 ClickFinger3=0

This is fairly nice, the touchpad tap is off, but using 2 fingers is
left click, and three fingers is middle click.

Actually if you use the Mouse/Touchpad program in jwm-settings manager
it creates a file called
~/.config/jsm-mouse that will have all the options listed with whatever
you chose
There is also a ~/.jsm-mouse that contains the output of synclient as well.

So you could simply check these files to get your tweaks
>>> So I think zTweaks is useful in ToriOS live and installed. I will use it
>>> also in Lubuntu and LXLE - when installed - but won't bother in the live
>>> version, because I can use the crude commands setxkbmap, synclient and
>>> syndaemon.
>>>
>>> The structure is such that it should be fairly easy to add other user
>>> tweaks, that might be useful. Would you suggest some tweak, that can be
>>> done with command line tools. (An example might be the screen resolution
>>> using xrandr, if people want anything but the highest resolution, but
>>> there is already arandr.)
>> I think we can come up with some things.  arandr is very easy to use and
>> works very well.
>> There may be some settings we can do with screen brightness (or gamma,
>> etc..)
>>> Best regards
>>> Nio
> Other possible options:
>
> - Colour prompt in the terminal
> - Lock screen and screensaving
> - Talking clock (saying hours and half-hours)
>
> But at least for me, keyboard setting (language) and touchpadoff when
> typing are the most important tweaks.
Oh yeah we can use a TTS (like festival or espeak, etc..) to do lots of
stuff.
That is a great idea! 
>
>


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Regards

-Israel
ToriOS Team