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

You'll need some group permissions to read touchpad input data. Run

sudo gpasswd -a $USER $(ls -l /dev/input/event* | awk '{print $4}' | head --line=1)

Important: After inputing your sudo password, log out then log back in
Run
```
comfortable-swipe start
```
Optional: Automatically run on startup
```
comfortable-swipe autostart
```
Optional: Change keyboard configurations. After making changes, run
```
comfortable-swipe restart
```

Configurations

Comfortable swipe makes use of keyboard shortcuts for configurations. The configuration file is located at /usr/local/share/comfortable-swipe/comfortable-swipe.conf. Make sure to 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

Download the uninstall script then run bash uninstall

Bug Reports

Create an issue here to report a bug.

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