uotlaf / Trackpen

Use touchpad as pen (Alternative to Absolute Mode)

Trackpen

Emulate a stylus with a touchpad

Trackpen is a program that allows you to use the touchpad as a stylus, even if the touchpad does not support absolute mode

Note Trackpen is currently a CLI application, without any graphical interface.

Planeed

• Mouse emulation mode
• Argument Parsing
• An GUI

Recomendations

• Use a mouse for buttons
• You can use a capacitive stylus or your finger

Requirements

• Linux
• A touchpad
• Python 3
• python-evdev

How to install

Debian/Ubuntu

sudo apt install python3-evdev
git clone https://github.com/uotlaf/Trackpen.git
sudo usermod -a -G input "your_username"
cd Trackpen
./Trackpen.py or python3 Trackpen.py

Arch Linux

sudo pacman -S python-evdev
git clone https://github.com/uotlaf/Trackpen.git
sudo usermod -a -G input "your_username"
cd Trackpen
./Trackpen.py or python3 Trackpen.py