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| author | Peter Hutterer <peter.hutterer@who-t.net> | 2009-02-25 13:38:02 +1000 |
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| committer | Peter Hutterer <peter.hutterer@who-t.net> | 2009-02-26 14:24:07 +1000 |
| commit | 55509ef5ce671fb2233c06e3ea5f0cc677f9ab6e (patch) | |
| tree | 4075e9e0e1e19d676169c97aee0a42acbc2a59fb /man | |
| parent | 4e9689aa5fdae4b7bd81f416e475ebf92b7302e1 (diff) | |
synclient: add support for device properties.
By default, use the properties unless the -s flag is given. For -m and -h
imply SHM though.
Signed-off-by: Peter Hutterer <peter.hutterer@who-t.net>
Signed-off-by: Christoph Brill <egore911@egore911.de>
Diffstat (limited to 'man')
| -rw-r--r-- | man/synclient.man | 23 |
1 files changed, 14 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/man/synclient.man b/man/synclient.man index a18d169..9422e70 100644 --- a/man/synclient.man +++ b/man/synclient.man @@ -13,13 +13,14 @@ synclient [\fI\-hlV?\fP] [var1=value1 [var2=value2] ...] .SH "DESCRIPTION" .LP This program lets you change your Synaptics TouchPad driver for -XOrg/XFree86 server parameters while X is running if you enabled -SHMConfig "on" in your XOrg/XFree86 configuration. -.TP -WARNING: This is not secure if you are in an untrusted multiuser -environment. -. -All local users can change the parameters at any time. +XOrg/XFree86 server parameters while X is running. + +This program provides two mechanism: via input device properties (default) and +via a shared memory (SHM) area. SHM must be enabled through SHMConfig "on" in +your XOrg/XFree86 configuration. + +WARNING: The SHM mechanism is not secure if you are in an untrusted multiuser +environment. All local users can change the parameters at any time. .SH "OPTIONS" .LP .TP @@ -30,6 +31,7 @@ Interval specifies how often (in ms) to poll the touchpad state. . Whenever a change in the touchpad state is detected, one line of output is generated that describes the current state of the touchpad. +This option is only available in SHM mode. . The following data is included in the output. .RS @@ -98,7 +100,7 @@ positions, called gdx and gdy. .RE .TP \fB\-h\fR -Show detected hardware properties. +Show detected hardware properties. Only available in SHM mode. .TP \fB\-l\fR List current user settings. @@ -109,6 +111,9 @@ Print version number and exit. \fB\-?\fR Show the help message. .TP +\fB\-s\fR +Force SHM mode. Implicit if -m or -h is specified. +.TP \fBvar=value\fR Set user parameter \fIvar\fR to \fIvalue\fR. @@ -124,7 +129,7 @@ To disable EdgeMotionSpeed: .LP synclient EdgeMotionSpeed=0 .LP -To monitor touchpad events: +To monitor touchpad events (requires SHM): .LP synclient \-m 100 .SH "AUTHORS" |