Thread: Writing a script to disable/enable the touchpad

hi,

apologise if thread in wrong forum section. ask quick example of how write script toggle touchpad between on , off states. can manually using

code:

xinput set-prop "imps/2 alps glidepoint" "device enabled" 0

however, script see value of "device enabled" , invert it, achieving toggling function. have had programming experience in past, not sure how particular variable in particular device using bash or sh script.

inputs appreciated

posted almikul

...your inputs appreciated

i'm not script kiddie, in fact struggle remember damn syntax, example below demonstrate. @ least bump thread!

ran "man xinput" , found touchpad id "11" , properties can read using "--list-props" option.

string "device enabled" unique, i've tried pick line out find touchpad state (enabled or disabled).

script looks this:-

code:

#!/bin/sh  tpadstate=`xinput --list-props 11|grep "device enabled"`  echo $tpadstate  if [ "$tpadstate"="device enabled (139): 1" ]   	`xinput --set-prop 11 "device enabled" 0`  	echo "touchpad disabled!"  else  	`xinput --set-prop 11 "device enabled" 1`  	echo "touchpad enabled!"  fi

unfortunately "if" expression (as shown) true, , if put spaces either side of "=" false....
...maybe can make of it.

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