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authorTiffany Antopolski <tiffany@antopolski.com>2011-03-04 18:24:07 -0500
committerTiffany Antopolski <tiffany@antopolski.com>2011-03-04 18:24:07 -0500
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[g-h] updating outdated 'mouse' pages
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diff --git a/gnome-help/C/mouse-disabletouchpad.page b/gnome-help/C/mouse-disabletouchpad.page
index c3ae284..11688ca 100644
--- a/gnome-help/C/mouse-disabletouchpad.page
+++ b/gnome-help/C/mouse-disabletouchpad.page
@@ -7,10 +7,10 @@
<link type="seealso" xref="mouse-mousekeys"/>
<desc>
- Disable the touchpad permanently, or just when you plug-in a mouse.
+ Enable or disable the touchpad.
</desc>
- <revision pkgversion="2.28" version="0.1" date="2009-08-22" status="outdated"/>
+ <revision pkgversion="3.0" version="0.1" date="2011-02-04" status="draft"/>
<credit type="author">
<name>Phil Bull</name>
<email>philbull@gmail.com</email>
@@ -23,46 +23,58 @@
<!-- <include href="legal.xml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"/> -->
</info>
-<title>Turning-off the touchpad</title>
+<title>Touchpad</title>
<p>
-To disable the touchpad:
+To enable or disable the touchpad:
</p>
<steps>
<item>
<p>
- Click <guiseq><gui>System</gui><gui>Preferences</gui><gui>Mouse</gui></guiseq>
- and select the <gui>Touchpad</gui> tab.
+ Press <keyseq><key>Alt</key><key>F2</key></keyseq>.
</p>
</item>
- <item>
- <p>Uncheck <gui>Enable touchpad</gui>. The touchpad will be turned-off
- immediately.
+ <item><p>
+ Type <input>gconf-editor</input> to bring up the <gui>Configuration Editor</gui> window.
+ </p></item>
+ <item><p>
+ Click <guiseq><gui>/</gui><gui>desktop</gui><gui>gnome</gui><gui>peripherals</gui><gui>touchpad</gui></guiseq>.
</p>
</item>
+ <item><p>
+ Check/uncheck <gui>touchpad_enabled</gui>.
+ </p></item>
+ <item><p>
+ Click <guiseq><gui>File</gui><gui>Quit</gui></guiseq>.
+ </p></item>
</steps>
<note style="important">
<p>
- If the touchpad is your only pointing device and you accidentally turned it
- off, you can turn it back on again using just the keyboard.
+ If the touchpad is your only pointing device and you accidentally disabled it, you can enable it again using just the keyboard:
+ </p>
+ <steps>
+ <item>
+ <p>
+ Press <keyseq><key>Alt</key><key>F2</key></keyseq>
</p>
+ </item>
+ <item>
<p>
- Press <keyseq><key>Alt</key><key>F2</key></keyseq>, type
- <cmd>gconftool --set /desktop/gnome/peripherals/mouse/touchpad_enabled -t bool True</cmd>
- and press <key>Enter</key>.
+ Type <cmd>gconftool --set /desktop/gnome/peripherals/mouse/touchpad_enabled -t bool True</cmd>
+ </p>
+ </item>
+ <item>
+ <p>
+ Press <key>Enter</key>.
</p>
+ </item>
+ </steps>
</note>
-
+<comment>
<section status="incomplete">
<title>Disable the touchpad when a mouse is plugged-in</title>
- <comment>
- <cite>Phil Bull</cite>
- <p>
- This section needs fixing-up to provide useful advice. It's basically
- working around a feature request bug.
- </p>
- </comment>
+
<p>
There is currently no simple way of having your touchpad automatically
disabled when a mouse is plugged in.
@@ -74,5 +86,6 @@ To disable the touchpad:
ENV{ID_CLASS}="mouse", ACTION=="remove", RUN+="synclient touchpadoff=0"
</code>
</section>
+</comment>
</page>