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Re: Logitech 3 button mouse

From owl <owl@rooftop.invalid>
Newsgroups comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject Re: Logitech 3 button mouse
Date 2017-04-29 20:04 +0000
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Marek Novotny <marek.novotny@marspolar.com> wrote:
> On 2017-04-29, Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> wrote:
>> Marek Novotny wrote this copyrighted missive and expects royalties:
>>
>>> On 2017-04-29, Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> wrote:
>>>> owl wrote this copyrighted missive and expects royalties:
>>>>
>>>>> Marek Novotny <marek.novotny@marspolar.com> wrote:
>>>>>> Well, it's been a while now and I have been using the Logitech 3D
>>>>>> Connextion 3 button mouse as my daily mouse. I'm pretty hooked on this.
>>>>>> I didn't realize just how much missed using a true three-button mouse
>>>>>> until I spent a little time with this one. It's big, but I got used to
>>>>>> it pretty quickly. They should make a portable version smaller so I can
>>>>>> take it with me everywhere. This one I leave plugged into my Dell USB-C
>>>>>> docking station which is used with either my Dell 9550 XPS or my Dell
>>>>>> Lattitude 7370 when at my desk. 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Worth the $99 price tag? Yeah, I have to say it is. Three-button mice
>>>>>> rule. These and a mechanical keyboard are such a comfort. 
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks.  Good to know that you still like it over time despite the size. 
>>>>> BTW, it appears that Logitech sold most of its interest int 3dconnexion
>>>>> in 2011.
>>>>>
>>>>>> As I am using Fedora I also installed the Gnome tweak tool. Under the
>>>>>> Windows Focus I changed that setting to Mouse and I also set the
>>>>>> Automatically Raise Windows to ON which pretty much gives me the old
>>>>>> UNIX style GUI feel I remember from years past. 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Made a little video here: https://youtu.be/W73X2ExuewA
>>>>>
>>>>> I keep sloppy focus, but I prefer not to have it raise the window. 
>>>>> In Mate, mouse focus is just part of the window preferences and
>>>>> doesn't need the tweak tool.
>>>>
>>>> I used to have strict focus set in Fluxbox.  But, if I moved a window with
>>>> keystrokes, and there was a windows under that one, when the first one was
>>>> out of the way, the mouse cursor would give that second window, and it would
>>>> start moving instead :-D
>>>>
>>>> I do like autoraise, though, and it is one of things I really miss
>>>> when I spend time in the crippled Windows desktop.
>>>
>>> Do you have a three-button mouse now and use still use the focus
>>> settings. I'm really liking this a lot. 
>>
>> Now, I have this top in my lap, and it has a crappy no-button touchpad,
>> where the touchpad acts like a left or right button depending on where you
>> click it.  No way to get a middle-click.
>>
>> I disabled that sucker a lot; the "Fn F9" key to toggle the touchpad isn't
>> activated, the Asus WMI is obfuscated.  But I bind this little script
>> fragment to that key to get that functionality:
>>
>>    if [ -f .pad_disabled ] ; then
>>       synclient TouchpadOff=0
>>       rm -f ~/.pad_disabled
>>    else
>>       synclient TouchpadOff=1
>>       touch ~/.pad_disabled
>>    fi
>>
>> and my .xsession removes ~/.pad_disabled when I log in.
>>
>> When I use this laptop at work, I have a Kensington orbit trackball with two
>> buttons and a couple of "scroll strips".  I turn on 3-button emulation via
>> this method in .xsession because it's easier than adding a file to
>> /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d:
>>
>>    xinput --set-prop "$TRACKBALL" "libinput Middle Emulation Enabled" 1
>>
>> I actually had an issue because CentOS uses the evdev driver instead of the
>> libinput driver.
>>
>> Cue stupid troll to tell us how this kind of stuff "drives away" the "normal
>> user", who wouldn't even be trying Linux anyway because they accept whatever
>> shit the vendor and Microsoft shovel their way.
> 
> I have a similar script for turning off the synaptics touch pad on rhel
> 6.x on the Dell M4800
> 
> #!/bin/bash
> 
> #################################################################
> #
> #        script: trackpad
> #        author: marek novotny
> #       version: 1.1
> #       license: GPLv2 Only
> #          date: 2016-08-14
> #        github: https://github.com/marek-novotny/laptop_utils
> #       purpose: disable synaptics trackpad if mouse is present
> # required cmds: xmessage synclient
> #
> ##################################################################
> 
> name="trackpad"
> repo="laptop_utils"
> ver="1.1"
> author="Marek Novotny"
> git_author="marek-novotny"
> license="(GPLv2 Only)"
> r_date="2016-08-14"
> 
> appname=$(basename $0)
> option=$1
> 
> requirements ()
> {
>         export PATH=$PATH:/usr/bin
>         rec_cmds=(xmessage synclient)
> 
>         let count=0
>         missing=()
> 
>         for x in ${rec_cmds[@]} ; do
>                 which $x &> /dev/null
>                 if [ $? -ne 0 ] ; then
>                         missing+=( $x )
>                         ((count++))
>                 fi
>         done
> 
>         if [ $count -ne 0 ] ; then
>                 printf "%s: " "$app_name: failure - missing command(s)"
>                 printf "%s\n" "${missing[@]}"
>                 exit 1
>         fi
> }
> 
> requirements
> 
> setupDisplay()
> {
>         if [ -z "$DISPLAY" ]
>                 then
>                 DISPLAY=':0'
>         fi
> }
> 
> sendMessage ()
> {
>         which xmessage &> /dev/null
>         if [ $? == 0 ] ; then
>                 xmessage \
>                 -display $DISPLAY \
>                 -fg white \
>                 -bg purple \
>                 -title "$appname" \
>                 -geom +60+30 \
>                 -timeout 4 \
>                 -buttons Okay:1 \
>                 -default Okay "$1"
>         else
>                 echo "$1"
>         fi
> }
> 
> # Wait for Gnome Desktop
> 
> while true
> do
>         if ps -A | grep gnome > /dev/null; then
>                 sendMessage "Gnome is running..."
>                 break; 
>         else
>                 sendMessage "Gnome not yet loaded...  Waiting 5 more seconds..."
>                 sleep 5
>         fi
> done
> 
> # Make note of the TouchPad initial status
> 
> SynapticState=$(synclient -l | grep TouchpadOff | awk '{print $3}')
> if [ $SynapticState -eq 0 ] ; then
>         TouchPad="on"
> elif [ $SynapticState -eq 1 ] ; then
>         TouchPad="off"
> fi
> 
> # Turn TouchPad off if it isn't already off
> 
> TouchPadOff()
> {
>         if [ $TouchPad != "off" ] ; then
>                 sendMessage "Mouse Detected - Switching TouchPad OFF"   
>                 synclient touchpadoff=1
>                 TouchPad="off"
>         fi
> }
> 
> 
> # Turn TouchPad on if it isn't already on
> 
> TouchPadOn() 
> {
>         if [ $TouchPad != "on" ] ; then
>                 sendMessage "No Mouse Detected - Switching TouchPad ON"
>                 synclient touchpadoff=0
>                 TouchPad="on"
>         fi
> }
> 
> while true
> do
>         if (xinput list | grep -E '(Microsoft)|(Nano)|(Transceiver)' > /dev/null) \
>         || (xinput list | grep -E '(Logitech)|(USB)|(Receiver)' > /dev/null) 
> then    
>         TouchPadOff
>         sleep 15
> else
>         TouchPadOn
>         sleep 15
> fi
> done
> 
> ## END
> 
> There is no file to touch and you can pull and plug in a mouse all you
> like and it will detect it, albeit slowly, but that's up to you. 
> 

I use this to toggle the touchpad on and off:

anon@lowtide:~$ cat tt
#!/bin/bash

id=$(xinput --list |grep -i touchpad |awk '{print $6}' |cut -f'2' -d'=')
state=$(xinput --list-props $id |grep "Device Enabled" |awk '{print $4}')
case ${state} in
   1) xinput --set-prop ${id} "Device Enabled" 0
      zenity --info --text="Trackpad now off"
      ;;
   0) xinput --set-prop ${id} "Device Enabled" 1
      zenity --info --text="Trackpad now on"
      ;;
   *)
      ;;
esac

anon@lowtide:~$ 

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