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.\" shorthand for double quote that works everywhere.
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.ds q \N'34'
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.TH syndaemon __appmansuffix__ __vendorversion__
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.SH NAME
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.LP
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syndaemon \- a program that monitors keyboard activity and disables
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the touchpad when the keyboard is being used.
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.SH "SYNOPSIS"
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.LP
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2011-09-23 10:53:49 -06:00
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syndaemon [\fI\-i idle\-time\fP] [\fI\-m poll-inverval\fP] [\fI\-d\fP] [\fI\-p pid\-file\fP]
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[\fI\-t\fP] [\fI\-k\fP] [\fI\-K\fP] [\fI\-R\fP]
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.SH "DESCRIPTION"
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.LP
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Disabling the touchpad while typing avoids unwanted movements of the
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pointer that could lead to giving focus to the wrong window.
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.SH "OPTIONS"
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.LP
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.TP
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\fB\-i\fR <\fIidle\-time\fP>
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How many seconds to wait after the last key press before enabling the
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touchpad.
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(default is 2.0s).
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.LP
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.TP
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\fB\-m\fR <\fIpoll\-interval\fP>
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How many milliseconds to wait between two polling intervals. If this value is
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too low, it will cause unnecessary wake-ups. If this value is too high,
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some key presses (press and release happen between two intervals) may not
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be noticed. This switch has no effect when running with
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\fB-R\fP.
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Default is 200ms.
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.LP
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.TP
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\fB\-d\fP
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Start as a daemon, ie in the background.
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.LP
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.TP
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\fB\-p\fR <\fIpid\-file\fP>
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Create a pid file with the specified filename.
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A pid file will only be created if the program is started in daemon
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mode.
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.LP
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.TP
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\fB\-t\fP
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Only disable tapping and scrolling, not mouse movements, in response
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to keyboard activity.
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.LP
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.TP
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\fB\-k\fP
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Ignore modifier keys when monitoring keyboard activity.
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.LP
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.TP
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\fB\-K\fP
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Like \-k but also ignore Modifier+Key combos.
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.LP
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.TP
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\fB\-R\fP
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Use the XRecord extension for detecting keyboard activity instead of polling
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the keyboard state.
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.LP
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.TP
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\fB\-?\fP
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Show the help message.
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.SH "ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES"
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.LP
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.TP
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\fBDISPLAY\fP
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Specifies the X server to contact.
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.SH EXIT CODES
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If syndaemon exists with a return code other than 0, the error encountered
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is as below.
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.LP
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.TP
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\fBExit code 1
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Invalid commandline argument.
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.LP
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.TP
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\fBExit code 2
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The connection to the X sever could not be established or no touchpad device
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could be found.
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.LP
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.TP
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\fBExit code 3
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The fork into daemon mode failed or the pid file could not be created.
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.LP
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.TP
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\fBExit code 4
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XRECORD requested but not available or usable on the server.
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.SH "CAVEATS"
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.LP
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It doesn't make much sense to connect to a remote X server, because
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the daemon will then monitor the remote server for keyboard activity,
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but will disable the touchpad on the local machine.
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.SH "AUTHORS"
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.LP
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Peter Osterlund <petero2@telia.com>.
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.TP
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This man page was written by Mattia Dongili <malattia@debian.org>
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.SH "SEE ALSO"
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.LP
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__xservername__(__appmansuffix__), synclient(__appmansuffix__), synaptics(__drivermansuffix__)
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