karthikeyann / karthipad

karthipad is an application to turn your touchpad/trackpad into a writing pad. Once you run karthipad, you can write on touchpad as if you are writing on a paper.

karthipad

karthipad is an application to turn your touchpad/trackpad into a writing pad. Once you run karthipad, you can write on touchpad as if you are writing on a paper. The content what you write will be saved to a bitmap file (.bmp)

Dependencies : synclient

Initial Setup

1. Type the following command in terminal locate synaptics You will find a file like "50-synaptics.conf" either in /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/ or /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/

2. Open the file using sudo example: >sudo gedit /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/50-synaptics.conf

3. Add the following line (with exact spaces- don't use tab) and save the file Option "SHMConfig" "on"

4. Restart the system.

5. Type the follwing command in terminal synclient -m 100 Now, when you move your finger over touchpad, you can see the values printed in the terminal. Press Ctrl+C to stop.

Compilation

Extract the source files. Compile using the following command

make

Recompile: make clean make

Running Binary:

./karthipad

Installation

Install using following command

make
sudo make install

Un-install using following command

	sudo make uninstall

Re-install using following command

	sudo make reinstall

Usage

Following commands are supported.

	karthipad filename
	#(default size = 1000x1000)
	karthipad filename 980
	#(size = 980x980)
	karthipad filename 999 500
	#(size = 999x500)
	karthipad -h
	#(displays help information)
	karthipad -v
	#(displays version information)

To quit the command line application, type q.

Support Information

Modules used:

• libbmp http://code.google.com/p/libbmp/
• synclient http://en.gentoo-wiki.com/wiki/Synaptics_Touchpad

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