Comfortable Swipe (Ubuntu)

Comfortable, seamless, and fast 3-finger (and 4-finger) touchpad swipe gestures for Ubuntu 14.04 LTS and beyond. May work for other Linux distros that support libinput.

Installation

Install libinput-tools and libxdo-dev

sudo apt-get install libinput-tools libxdo-dev

Clone this repository

git clone https://github.com/Hikari9/comfortable-swipe-ubuntu.git
cd comfortable-swipe-ubuntu

Install
```
bash install
```
You may delete the downloaded comfortable-swipe-ubuntu folder after installation.

How to Run

Comfortable swipe should already be running as a service upon installation. Some notes:

The program makes use of keyboard gestures for swiping (e.g. ctrl+alt+Right)
By default, comfortable swipe uses Ubuntu workspace shortcuts (see configurations).

Useful References:

Other Commands

You can run comfortable-swipe help to see a list of commands:

$ comfortable-swipe help

comfortable-swipe [start|stop|status|restart|buffer|help]

start      - starts 3/4-finger gesture service
stop       - stops 3/4-finger gesture service
status     - shows the status of the program (service log)
restart    - stops then starts 3/4-finger gesture service
buffer     - parses output of libinput-debug-events
help       - shows the help dialog

Configuration file can be found in /usr/local/share/comfortable-swipe.conf

Configurations

The configuration file is located at /usr/local/share/comfortable-swipe.conf. Run comfortable-swipe restart after making changes.

Property	Description	Default Value	Default Behavior
threshold	mouse pixels to activate swipe; higher = less sensitive; floating-point	0.0
left3	3-finger swipe left	ctrl+shift+Right	switch to right workspace
left4	4-finger swipe left	ctrl+alt+shift+Right	move window to right workspace
right3	3-finger swipe right	ctrl+shift+Left	switch to left workspace
right4	4-finger swipe right	ctrl+alt+shift+Left	move window to left workspace
up3	3-finger swipe up	ctrl+shift+Down	switch to bottom workspace
up4	4-finger swipe up	ctrl+alt+shift+Down	move window to bottom workspace
down3	3-finger swipe down	ctrl+shift+Down	switch to above workspace
down4	4-finger swipe down	ctrl+alt+shift+Up	move window to above workpace

Uninstall

Clone the repository then run bash uninstall.

Bug Reports

Create an issue here to report a bug. Please make sure to add the following to your issue:

Content of .log (found in the cloned folder)
Output of comfortable-swipe status

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