syndaemon(1)

1syndaemon(1)                General Commands Manual               syndaemon(1)
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NAME

6       syndaemon  - a program that monitors keyboard activity and disables the
7       touchpad when the keyboard is being used.
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SYNOPSIS

10       syndaemon [-i idle-time] [-m poll-inverval]  [-d]  [-p  pid-file]  [-t]
11       [-k] [-K] [-R]
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DESCRIPTION

14       Disabling  the  touchpad  while typing avoids unwanted movements of the
15       pointer that could lead to giving focus to the wrong window.
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OPTIONS

18       -i <idle-time>
19              How many seconds to wait after the last  key  press  before  en‐
20              abling the touchpad.  (default is 2.0s).
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22       -m <poll-interval>
23              How  many milliseconds to wait between two polling intervals. If
24              this value is too low, it will cause  unnecessary  wake-ups.  If
25              this value is too high, some key presses (press and release hap‐
26              pen between two intervals) may not be noticed. This  switch  has
27              no effect when running with -R.  Default is 200ms.
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29       -d     Start as a daemon, ie in the background.
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31       -p <pid-file>
32              Create  a pid file with the specified filename.  A pid file will
33              only be created if the program is started in daemon mode.
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35       -t     Only disable tapping and scrolling, not mouse movements, in  re‐
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38       -k     Ignore modifier keys when monitoring keyboard activity.
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40       -K     Like -k but also ignore Modifier+Key combos.
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42       -R     Use  the  XRecord  extension for detecting keyboard activity in‐
43              stead of polling the keyboard state.
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45       -?     Show the help message.
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ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES

48       DISPLAY
49              Specifies the X server to contact.
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EXIT CODES

52       If syndaemon exists with a return code other than 0, the error  encoun‐
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55       Exit code 1
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59              The  connection  to  the  X sever could not be established or no
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63              The fork into daemon mode failed or the pid file  could  not  be
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67              XRECORD requested but not available or usable on the server.
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CAVEATS

70       It doesn't make much sense to connect to a remote X server, because the
71       daemon will then monitor the remote server for keyboard  activity,  but
72       will disable the touchpad on the local machine.
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AUTHORS

75       Peter Osterlund <petero2@telia.com>.
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77       This man page was written by Mattia Dongili <malattia@debian.org>
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