syndaemon(1)

1syndaemon(1)                                                      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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SYNTAX

10       syndaemon [-i idle-time] [-d] [-p pid-file] [-t] [-k] [-K]
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DESCRIPTION

13       Disabling the touchpad while typing avoids unwanted  movements  of  the
14       pointer that could lead to giving focus to the wrong window.  This pro‐
15       gram needs SHMConfig "on" in your XOrg/XFree86 Synaptics Touchpad  con‐
16       figuration.
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OPTIONS

19       -i <idle-time>
20              How  many  seconds  to  wait  after  the  last  key press before
21              enabling the touchpad.  (default is 2.0s).
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23       -d     Start as a daemon, ie in the background.
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25       -p <pid-file>
26              Create a pid file with the specified filename.  A pid file  will
27              only be created if the program is started in daemon mode.
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29       -t     Only  disable  tapping  and  scrolling,  not mouse movements, in
30              response to keyboard activity.
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32       -k     Ignore modifier keys when monitoring keyboard activity.
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34       -K     Like -k but also ignore Modifier+Key combos.
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ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES

37       DISPLAY
38              Specifies the X server to contact.
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CAVEATS

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

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