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author | Tiffany Antopolski <tiffany@antopolski.com> | 2011-03-04 18:24:07 -0500 |
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committer | Tiffany Antopolski <tiffany@antopolski.com> | 2011-03-04 18:24:07 -0500 |
commit | 7dcdf1b46edc713fcb7c548dbdf0f2a7fe643bed (patch) | |
tree | 685b90eab69f8e8b6cd6bd02b19f2f6d3af88662 /gnome-help/C/mouse-disabletouchpad.page | |
parent | 67aeb851a487d669f5aa00a0a1c63900782089c3 (diff) | |
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[g-h] updating outdated 'mouse' pages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revision pkgversion="2.28" version="0.1" date="2009-08-22" status="outdated"/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> |