Swipe
Gestures on Linux.
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Features
Swipe uses a novel yet simple correlation mechanism to determine directional intent from event coordinates.
- Wide range of devices supported
- Touchscreens and Touchpads
- Wayland and X11 compatible
- Easy Installation - download (or git clone) and run.
- No dependency on Python or Ruby
- Supports Config files
Available variants/branches
- Branch modular - Swipe/1.06e - Use with
xdotoolorydotoolorxteetc.
Requirements
- libinput-tools
sudo apt-get install libinput-tools
- Your user must be a member of
inputgroup:sudo gpasswd -a $USER input newgrp input - Optional: Enable touchpad events
gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.peripherals.touchpad send-events enabled
Setup
- Download
Swipeto a folder. (Either download the latest release, or clone this repo, or download and extract the Zip file.) - Launch
swipewith an optional config file
See your distro's documentation to setup Swipe as a Startup Application - an application that starts when a desktop user logs in.
Usage:
$ ./swipe -h
Usage: ./swipe
-h --help print this usage and exit
-v --version print version information and exit
-s --sampleCfg show sample config
-d --debug show verbose output
-c /etc/ku.conf config file to use
-k --keys show available keys
-i /dev/input/event1 kbd device to use
- If no config file is specified,
Swipewould use a default configuration. - If an appropriate
kbddevice cannot be found,Swipewill ask you to specify a suitable device using the-ioption.
Config
Generate a sample config file with -s option:
$ ./swipe -s
Sample Config:
# 3 Button Touchpad Gestures:
3right: "KEY_LEFTALT + KEY_LEFT"
3left: "KEY_LEFTALT + KEY_RIGHT"
3up: "KEY_SPACE"
3down: "KEY_LEFTSHIFT + KEY_SPACE"
# 4 Button Touchpad Gestures:
4right: "KEY_LEFTALT + KEY_LEFT"
4left: "KEY_LEFTALT + KEY_RIGHT"
4up: "KEY_HOME"
4down: "KEY_END"
# 5 - Touchscreens
5right: "KEY_LEFTALT + KEY_LEFT"
5left: "KEY_LEFTALT + KEY_RIGHT"
5up: "KEY_DOWN + KEY_DOWN + KEY_DOWN + KEY_DOWN + KEY_DOWN + KEY_DOWN"
5mediumUp: "KEY_SPACE"
5mediumDown: "KEY_LEFTSHIFT + KEY_SPACE"
5down: "KEY_UP + KEY_UP + KEY_UP + KEY_UP + KEY_UP + KEY_UP"
5fastup: "KEY_SPACE"
5fastdown: "KEY_LEFTSHIFT + KEY_SPACE"
Debug option
Run with -d option to have debug info onto the terminal:
$ ./swipe -d
$ ./swipe -d -c /tmp/swipe.conf
Wed Aug 25 07:14:12 2021 Swipe/3.01c Read 12 values from the config file
Wed Aug 25 07:14:12 2021 Swipe/3.01c 3 key touchpad events: map[DOWN:KEY_LEFTSHIFT + KEY_SPACE LEFT:KEY_LEFTALT + KEY_RIGHT RIGHT:KEY_LEFTALT + KEY_LEFT UP:KEY_SPACE]
Wed Aug 25 07:14:12 2021 Swipe/3.01c 4 key touchpad events: map[DOWN:KEY_END LEFT:KEY_LEFTALT + KEY_RIGHT RIGHT:KEY_LEFTALT + KEY_LEFT UP:KEY_HOME]
Wed Aug 25 07:14:12 2021 Swipe/3.01c touchscreen events: map[DOWN:KEY_UP + KEY_UP + KEY_UP + KEY_UP + KEY_UP + KEY_UP FAST_DOWN:KEY_LEFTSHIFT + KEY_SPACE FAST_UP:KEY_SPACE LEFT:KEY_LEFTALT + KEY_RIGHT MED_DOWN:KEY_LEFTSHIFT + KEY_SPACE MED_UP:KEY_SPACE RIGHT:KEY_LEFTALT + KEY_LEFT UP:KEY_DOWN + KEY_DOWN + KEY_DOWN + KEY_DOWN + KEY_DOWN + KEY_DOWN]
Copyright © 2021 Evuraan <[email protected]>. All rights reserved.
This program comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY.
Wed Aug 25 07:14:12 2021 Swipe/3.01c Howdy!
Wed Aug 25 07:14:12 2021 Swipe/3.01c keyboard device: /dev/input/event3
Wed Aug 25 07:14:12 2021 [C] [getFd] fd opened: 3
Wed Aug 25 07:14:12 2021 Swipe/3.01c About to run stdbuf -oL /usr/libexec/libinput/libinput-debug-events
Wed Aug 25 07:14:12 2021 Swipe/3.01c pid: 9145
Wed Aug 25 07:14:21 2021 Swipe/3.01c left: 0 right: 0 up: 0 down: 0
Wed Aug 25 07:14:21 2021 Swipe/3.01c movedTo: RIGHT
Wed Aug 25 07:14:21 2021 [C] [emit] emitted 24 bytes type 1 code 56
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Wed Aug 25 07:14:21 2021 [C] [emit] emitted 24 bytes type 0 code 0
Wed Aug 25 07:14:21 2021 [C] [emit] emitted 24 bytes type 1 code 56
Wed Aug 25 07:14:21 2021 [C] [emit] emitted 24 bytes type 1 code 105
Wed Aug 25 07:14:21 2021 [C] [emit] emitted 24 bytes type 0 code 0
Wed Aug 25 07:14:21 2021 [C] [handleEvents] Handled 2 events
Wed Aug 25 07:14:21 2021 Swipe/3.01c Gesture type 3, intent: RIGHT, cmd: KEY_LEFTALT + KEY_LEFT
Wed Aug 25 07:14:23 2021 Swipe/3.01c touchLen: 3
Wed Aug 25 07:14:23 2021 Swipe/3.01c movedTo: DOWN
Wed Aug 25 07:14:23 2021 Swipe/3.01c fingers: 1
Wed Aug 25 07:14:23 2021 Swipe/3.01c startx :59.95, endx: 59.98
Wed Aug 25 07:14:23 2021 Swipe/3.01c starty: 60.01, endy: 60.34
Wed Aug 25 07:14:23 2021 Swipe/3.01c xdelta: 0.02999999999999403, ydelta: 0.3300000000000054, abs(xd): 0.02999999999999403, abs(yd): 0.3300000000000054
Wed Aug 25 07:14:23 2021 [C] [emit] emitted 24 bytes type 1 code 103
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Wed Aug 25 07:14:23 2021 [C] [emit] emitted 24 bytes type 0 code 0
Wed Aug 25 07:14:23 2021 [C] [emit] emitted 24 bytes type 1 code 103
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Wed Aug 25 07:14:23 2021 [C] [emit] emitted 24 bytes type 0 code 0
Wed Aug 25 07:14:23 2021 [C] [handleEvents] Handled 6 events
Wed Aug 25 07:14:23 2021 Swipe/3.01c Gesture type 5, intent: DOWN, cmd: KEY_UP + KEY_UP + KEY_UP + KEY_UP + KEY_UP + KEY_UP
Desktop notifications (example) are also enabled in debug mode - which shows the details of the event intercepted.
Keys and buttons supported:
Swipe supports about 482 keys/buttons - pretty much inline with Linux's input-event-codes.h.
Run swipe -k to see a full list:
$ ./swipe -k
Available keys:
key --> KEY_FN_D
key --> KEY_BRL_DOT8
key --> KEY_HANJA
key --> KEY_FILE
key --> KEY_PHONE
key --> KEY_ATTENDANT_ON
key --> KEY_MACRO_PRESET1
key --> KEY_KP5
key --> KEY_PAGEUP
key --> KEY_RIGHT
key --> KEY_PRESENTATION
key --> KEY_KBDINPUTASSIST_NEXT
key --> KEY_FASTREVERSE
key --> KEY_KP1
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Optional: Build
If you prefer to build yourself, you will need the Go Programming Language installed on your System.
Go into the folder and build as:
go build
