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PROGRAM:

NAME


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

SYNOPSIS


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

DESCRIPTION


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

OPTIONS


-i <idle-time>
How many seconds to wait after the last key press before enabling the touchpad.
(default is 2.0s).

-m <poll-interval>
How many milliseconds to wait between two polling intervals. If this value is too
low, it will cause unnecessary wake-ups. If this value is too high, some key
presses (press and release happen between two intervals) may not be noticed. This
switch has no effect when running with -R. Default is 200ms.

-d Start as a daemon, ie in the background.

-p <pid-file>
Create a pid file with the specified filename. A pid file will only be created if
the program is started in daemon mode.

-t Only disable tapping and scrolling, not mouse movements, in response to keyboard
activity.

-k Ignore modifier keys when monitoring keyboard activity.

-K Like -k but also ignore Modifier+Key combos.

-R Use the XRecord extension for detecting keyboard activity instead of polling the
keyboard state.

-? Show the help message.

ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES


DISPLAY
Specifies the X server to contact.

EXIT CODES


If syndaemon exists with a return code other than 0, the error encountered is as below.

Exit code 1
Invalid commandline argument.

Exit code 2
The connection to the X sever could not be established or no touchpad device could
be found.

Exit code 3
The fork into daemon mode failed or the pid file could not be created.

Exit code 4
XRECORD requested but not available or usable on the server.

CAVEATS


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

AUTHORS


Peter Osterlund <[email protected]>.

This man page was written by Mattia Dongili <[email protected]>

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