README.md

@@ -48,7 +48,9 @@ Comfortable, seamless, and fast 3-finger (and 4-finger) touchpad swipe gestures
 
 1. **_Important_**: After inputing your `sudo` password, log out then log back in
 
-1. Start the Program
+## List of Commands
+
+1. **Start the Program**
 
    ```
    comfortable-swipe start
@@ -61,19 +63,24 @@ Comfortable, seamless, and fast 3-finger (and 4-finger) touchpad swipe gestures
    Comfortable swipe is RUNNING in the background
    ```
 
-1. (Optional) Toggle autostart
+1. **Stop the Program**
-
-   ```bash
-   comfortable-swipe autostart on
-   ```
-
-1. (Optional) Stop the Program
 
    ```
    comfortable-swipe stop
    ```
 
-1. (Optional) See program status
+1. **Toggle Autostart** (optional)
+
+   ```bash
+   comfortable-swipe autostart
+   comfortable-swipe autostart on
+   comfortable-swipe autostart off
+   comfortable-swipe autostart toggle
+   comfortable-swipe autostart status
+   comfortable-swipe autostart path
+   ```
+
+1. **Program status**
 
    ```bash
    comfortable-swipe status
@@ -101,7 +108,7 @@ Comfortable, seamless, and fast 3-finger (and 4-finger) touchpad swipe gestures
       mouse4 is  NOTSET
    ```
 
-1. (Optional) Get config
+1. **Get config**
 
    ```
    comfortable-swipe <PROPERTY>
@@ -121,7 +128,7 @@ Comfortable, seamless, and fast 3-finger (and 4-finger) touchpad swipe gestures
    comfortable-swipe mouse4
    ```
 
-1. (Optional) Set config
+1. **Set config**
 
    ```bash
    comfortable-swipe <PROPERTY> [=] <VALUES>
@@ -155,16 +162,6 @@ Comfortable, seamless, and fast 3-finger (and 4-finger) touchpad swipe gestures
    comfortable-swipe --help
    ```
 
-1. Autostart commands
-
-   ```bash
-   comfortable-swipe autostart on
-   comfortable-swipe autostart off
-   comfortable-swipe autostart toggle
-   comfortable-swipe autostart status
-   comfortable-swipe autostart path
-   ```
-
 1. Show output with `--attach`
 
    Example output of 3-finger left, 4-finger left, 3-finger right, 3-finger up:
@@ -278,16 +275,6 @@ Refer to https://www.linux.org/threads/xdotool-keyboard.10528/ for a complete li
 - [KDE Keyboard Shortcuts](https://community.linuxmint.com/tutorial/view/47)
 - [PopOS Keyboard Shortcuts](https://support.system76.com/articles/pop-keyboard-shortcuts/)
 
-## Known Issues: Pop!_OS 20.04+
-
-Pop!_OS 20.04+ may be sensitive to capitalization  (#76, #82). Make sure to capitalize every first letter:
-
-```bash
-# Pop!_OS
-comfortable-swipe up3 = Super+Ctrl+Down
-comfortable-swipe down3 = Super+Ctrl+Up
-```
-
 ## Example Configurations
 
 This section includes some example configurations which you can use for your swipe experience.
@@ -316,8 +303,8 @@ This section includes some example configurations which you can use for your swi
 
    ```bash
    # Pop OS
-   comfortable-swipe up3 = Super+Ctrl+Down
+   comfortable-swipe up3 = ctrl+super+Down
-   comfortable-swipe down3 = Super+Ctrl+Up
+   comfortable-swipe down3 = ctrl+super+Up
    ```
 
 1. Move window to workspace (horizontal)
@@ -517,13 +504,13 @@ If you can see `GESTURE_SWIPE_XXX` in your output, that means your touchpad supp
 
 For the following reasons:
 
-1.  We want prioritize "comfort" over functionality, which we deliver through performance in our negligible-overhead implementation (that's why C++)
+1.  We want prioritize "comfort" over functionality, which we deliver through performance in our near-zero-overhead implementation (that's why C++)
-1.  There are other gesture libraries that already do this properly (eg. [libinput gestures](https://github.com/bulletmark/libinput-gestures), [Fusuma](https://github.com/iberianpig/fusuma)), we don't want to be a clone of them
+2.  Running a new shell command with unpredictable process time will break our unthreaded optimizations (unlike native keystrokes)
-1.  Running a new shell command with unpredictable process time will break our unthreaded optimizations (unlike native keystrokes)
+3.  There are other gesture libraries that already do this properly (eg. [libinput gestures](https://github.com/bulletmark/libinput-gestures), [Fusuma](https://github.com/iberianpig/fusuma)), we don't want to be a clone of them
 
-That's why it's not possible... or not?
+That's why it's not possible...
 
-**Answer 2**: _... but actually **IT'S POSSIBLE**!_
+**Answer 2**: _... but actually **YES**!_
 
 Although we don't provide this out of the box in our config, this can definitely be
 done with the default bash tools.

VERSION

@@ -1 +1 @@
-v1.2.5
+v1.2.3

comfortable-swipe

@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ function start {
     debug | buffer $@
   else
     # detach buffered output
-    nohup "$BASENAME" debug </dev/null 2>&1 | "$BASENAME" buffer $@ >/dev/null 2>&1 & disown
+    nohup "$BASENAME" debug </dev/null 2>&1 | "$BASENAME" buffer $@ >/dev/null 2>&1 &
     echo "Comfortable swipe is RUNNING in the background"
   fi
 }

comfortable-swipe-gesture-swipe-xdokey.cpp

@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ void gesture_swipe_xdokey::update() {
   gesture_swipe::update();
   // scale threshold to 1/10 when gesture is fresh
   // acts like our static friction coefficient
-  const float scale = get_previous_gesture() == FRESH ? 0.01f : 1.0f;
+  float scale = get_previous_gesture() == FRESH ? 0.01f : 1.0f;
   // we are working with floating points which are not exact
   // make sure we compare with a very small value (1e-6f)
   // if distance goes out of threshold, perform our swipe

comfortable-swipe-main.cpp

@@ -112,22 +112,17 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
   // get input values
   string mouse3 = config.count("mouse3") ? config["mouse3"] : config["hold3"];
   string mouse4 = config.count("mouse4") ? config["mouse4"] : config["hold4"];
-  bool nomouse = mouse3.empty() || mouse4.empty(); // TODO: check if mouse invalid
   // create our mouse gesture holder
   gesture_swipe_xdomouse mousehold(mouse3.data(), mouse4.data());
   // start reading lines from input one by one
   for (string line; getline(cin, line);) {
-    if (nomouse) {
+    // optimization: if no mouse config is set, just run keyboard
+    if (mousehold.is_swiping() && mousehold.button == MOUSE_NONE) {
       keyswipe.run(line.data());
-    } else {
+    } else if (mousehold.run(line.data())) {
-      // optimization: if no mouse config is set, just run keyboard
+      // only allow keyswipe gestures on mouse move
-      if (mousehold.is_swiping() && mousehold.button == MOUSE_NONE) {
+      if (mousehold.button == MOUSE_NONE || mousehold.button == MOUSE_MOVE) {
         keyswipe.run(line.data());
-      } else if (mousehold.run(line.data())) {
-        // only allow keyswipe gestures on mouse move
-        if (mousehold.button == MOUSE_NONE || mousehold.button == MOUSE_MOVE) {
-          keyswipe.run(line.data());
-        }
       }
     }
   }

install

@@ -2,11 +2,6 @@
 
 set -e
 
-if [[ "$USER" == root ]]; then
-    echo "Please run 'bash install' as non-root user" 2>&1
-    exit 1
-fi
-
 DIR="$(dirname "$0")"
 VERSION="$(cat $DIR/VERSION | tr -d '[:space:]')"
 
@@ -34,7 +29,7 @@ comfortable-swipe stop > /dev/null 2>&1 || true
 
 # shorthand to abort the installation
 function abort {
-    echo "Installation aborted" >&2 
+    echo "Installation aborted"
     exit 1
 }
 
@@ -67,23 +62,14 @@ function install_configuration_file {
         # ask user if we overwrite configuration
         echo "Old conf file found in $CONF_TARGET" >&2
         read -r -p "Keep the old conf file? (default: yes) [Y/n] " response >&2
-
+        if ! [[ "${response,,}" =~ ^(yes|y)$ ]]; then
-        # If response is empty, consider it as 'yes' (default)
-		if [[ -z "$response" ]]; then
-            response="y"
-        fi
-
-        if [[ "${response,,}" =~ ^(no|n)$ ]]; then
             # MAKE SURE they really want to overwrite
             read -r -p "Conf file will be overwritten! Are you sure? [Y/n] " response >&2
-			if [[ -z "$response" ]]; then
+            if [[ "${response,,}" =~ ^(yes|y)$ ]]; then
-				response="y"
-			fi
-        	if [[ "${response,,}" =~ ^(no|n)$ ]]; then
-                abort
-            else
                 # They agreed... replace configuration
                 cat "$CONF_SOURCE" > "$CONF_TARGET"
+            else
+                abort
             fi
         fi
     else
@@ -112,15 +98,9 @@ function install_configuration_file {
 function install_main_program {
     # copy source to target with executable permissions
     # install to target, with hardcoded version
-    if [[ -f "$TARGET" ]]; then
+    trysudo sed -E "s/^VERSION=.*/VERSION=$VERSION/" "$SOURCE" > "$TARGET"
-        trysudo rm "$TARGET"
+    # allow execute permissions
-    fi
-    trysudo cp "$SOURCE" "$TARGET"
-    trysudo sed -E "s/^VERSION=.*/VERSION=$VERSION/" -i "$TARGET"
-    # allow execute permissions with group
     trysudo chmod +x "$TARGET"
-    # make sure non-root user is owner
-    trysudo chown "$USER" "$TARGET"
     echo "Installed: $TARGET"
 }
 
@@ -134,17 +114,9 @@ function install_cpp_program {
     # compile program to temporary file first
     TMP_TARGET="$(mktemp)"
     $COMPILE "$COMPILE_SOURCE" -o "$TMP_TARGET" -DCOMFORTABLE_SWIPE_VERSION="\"$VERSION\"" -DCOMFORTABLE_SWIPE_CONFIG="\"$CONF_TARGET\"" -DCOMFORTABLE_SWIPE_AUTOSTART="\"$AUTOSTART_TARGET\""
-    # compilation ok, now try to install with sudo
+    # compilation ok, now try to install
-    trysudo mkdir -p "$(dirname "$COMPILE_TARGET")"
+    # check permissions maybe if will need sudo
-    # remove existing file for permissions to work
-    if [[ -f "$COMPILE_TARGET" ]]; then
-        sudo rm "$COMPILE_TARGET"
-    fi
     trysudo mv "$TMP_TARGET" "$COMPILE_TARGET"
-    # bugfix: add with group permissions
-    trysudo chmod go+x "$COMPILE_TARGET"
-    # make sure non-root user is owner
-    trysudo chown "$USER" "$COMPILE_TARGET"
     echo "Installed: $COMPILE_TARGET"
 }
 
@@ -155,7 +127,6 @@ function install_cpp_program {
 #     /home/$USER/.config/autostart/comfortable-swipe.desktop
 #
 function install_autostart {
-    mkdir -p "$(dirname "$AUTOSTART_TARGET")"
     cat "$AUTOSTART_SOURCE" > "$AUTOSTART_TARGET"
     echo "Installed: $AUTOSTART_TARGET"
 }