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fiod

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Registered: 2007-04-02

Posts: 205

A new way to use the touchpad?

Hey,

I think that mouse movements take an awful percentage of my computer usage.
Traveling with the mouse across the screen takes a "long" time.

I was wondering if there is some way that the cursor will "magically" jump to a place
on the screen that is proportional to where I touched the touchpad the first time I touched it.

Will save about 2-3 seconds every time!

I hope that doesn't sound too weird...

Thanks
fiod

rson451

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From: Annapolis, MD USA

Registered: 2007-04-15

Posts: 1,233

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Re: A new way to use the touchpad?

seems to me this would severely hinder tap-clicking.  if you dont tap in the EXACT same spot, your mouse would jump.  however i've read somewhere before that synaptics can do this. i'll read around and see if i can find it.

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fiod

Member

Registered: 2007-04-02

Posts: 205

Re: A new way to use the touchpad?

thanks a lot

I appreciate it.

MoonSwan

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From: Great White North

Registered: 2008-01-23

Posts: 815

Re: A new way to use the touchpad?

You can enable circular motions through the syndaemon utility.  Its on the arch wiki, search for synaptics there.  some people find it more intuitive.

emess

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I'm torn apart between worlds. Basically, using vim in a highly visual environment with a lot of mouse features feels like soldering a lose wire to a motherboard with a Zippo and a needle, while working with ANY TEXT AT ALL with a "modern GUI" text editor feels like joining the London Philharmonic Orchestra with a Fisher-Price Laugh and Learn Magical Musical Mirror.  --Awebb