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<p>Done! Didn't realize you could just create the partial "mini
config file" that easily. Took a little tweaking to get just
right, but it's where i want it now</p>
<p>-Rob<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 10/29/2016 06:23 PM, Anthony Biondo
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<div style="direction: inherit;">Fair enough. I think you can
make the mini config file in /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/ like in the
archlinux wiki link I sent.</div>
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<div style="direction: inherit;">Also, relevant comic: <a
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On Oct 29, 2016, at 6:20 PM, Robert Wilkens <<a
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<div><span>Thank You for the idea, though it's a little
frightening trying to tinker with the xorg.conf (which
doesn't exist by default). For now it's above my ability to
do, but I'll try again when i have more patience.</span><br>
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<span>-Rob</span><br>
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<span>On 10/29/2016 02:33 PM, Anthony Biondo wrote:</span><br>
<blockquote type="cite"><span>I think you can put synaptics
settings in your Xorg config file (or a</span><br>
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<blockquote type="cite"><span>partial config file)</span><br>
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<blockquote type="cite"><span>See, for example,</span><br>
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<blockquote type="cite"><span><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Touchpad_Synaptics#Configuration">https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Touchpad_Synaptics#Configuration</a></span><br>
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<blockquote type="cite"><span>Something like:</span><br>
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<blockquote type="cite"><span>Section "InputClass"</span><br>
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<blockquote type="cite"><span> Identifier "touchpad"</span><br>
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<blockquote type="cite"><span> Driver "synaptics"</span><br>
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<blockquote type="cite"><span> MatchIsTouchpad "on"</span><br>
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<blockquote type="cite"><span> Option "TapButton3" "2"</span><br>
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<blockquote type="cite"><span> Option "ClickFinger3" "2"</span><br>
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<blockquote type="cite"><span>EndSection</span><br>
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<blockquote type="cite"><span>On Thu, Oct 27, 2016, at 07:40
AM, Robert Wilkens wrote:</span><br>
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<blockquote type="cite"><span>The Three-Finger gesture which
brings up the task switcher (alt-tab</span><br>
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<blockquote type="cite"><span>equivalent) is a pain in the
rear for me because i have shaky hands due</span><br>
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<blockquote type="cite"><span>to medication (tremors),
strange enough i like the two-finger scroll and</span><br>
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<blockquote type="cite"><span>don't want to lose that</span><br>
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<blockquote type="cite"><span>Googling for 20 minutes this
morning, i eventually ran across these</span><br>
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<blockquote type="cite"><span>commands:</span><br>
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<blockquote type="cite"><span>synclient TapButton3=2</span><br>
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<blockquote type="cite"><span>synclient ClickFinger3=2</span><br>
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<blockquote type="cite"><span>Essentially it disables the
three-finger-tap/click (if i understand it</span><br>
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<blockquote type="cite"><span>right)</span><br>
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<blockquote type="cite"><span>I was able to put this into my
.bashrc so the first shell i open up will</span><br>
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<blockquote type="cite"><span>turn this off</span><br>
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<blockquote type="cite"><span>However, where is the "right"
place to put this? So i don't have to</span><br>
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<blockquote type="cite"><span>open up a shell first.</span><br>
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<blockquote type="cite"><span>Should i put this an an rc.d
(init) startup script? Is there a shell</span><br>
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<blockquote type="cite"><span>(unity) start-up script so i
don't have to put it system wide?</span><br>
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<blockquote type="cite"><span>My ideal solution would not
require root access (as /etc/rc5.d directory</span><br>
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<blockquote type="cite"><span>entries would require), but I
am willing to do that.</span><br>
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<blockquote type="cite"><span>-Rob</span><br>
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