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Sets up 2d scroll for trackball
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| #!/bin/bash | |
| # use xinput to get hardware id, xinput --list-props id to get order of | |
| # hardware buttons for your mouse | |
| # hardware software | |
| # 1 large one left left click | |
| # 2 both large ones middle click | |
| # 3 large one right right click | |
| # 4 trackball down scroll up | |
| # 5 trackball up scroll down | |
| # 6 trackball left scroll left | |
| # 7 trackball right scroll right | |
| # 8 small one left thumb 1 | |
| # 9 small one right thumb 2 | |
| # 10 ExtBt7 | |
| # 11 ExtBt8 | |
| if [[ $(xinput list) =~ 'Trackball' ]]; then | |
| echo "Setting up Logitech trackball" | |
| # this line doesn't seem to work. It does have an effect, though. | |
| xinput set-button-map 'Logitech USB Trackball' '1 2 3 4 5 6 7 2 2' | |
| # enable wheel emulation | |
| xinput --set-prop --type='int' --format='8' 'Logitech USB Trackball' 'Evdev Wheel Emulation' '1' | |
| # which buttons to use for scrolling | |
| xinput --set-prop --type='int' --format='8' 'Logitech USB Trackball' 'Evdev Wheel Emulation Button' '8' | |
| # pixels before scrolling reacts | |
| xinput --set-prop --type='int' --format='16' 'Logitech USB Trackball' 'Evdev Wheel Emulation Inertia' '1' | |
| # milliseconds before scrolling reacts, less is more comfortable for scrolling, but middle mouse click is only registered if it's faster than this. | |
| xinput --set-prop --type='int' --format='16' 'Logitech USB Trackball' 'Evdev Wheel Emulation Timeout' '120' | |
| # disable middle button emulation | |
| xinput --set-prop --type='int' --format='8' 'Logitech USB Trackball' 'Evdev Middle Button Emulation' '0' | |
| fi | |
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