Re: Running from External Disk: trackpad question

["Jarod Wilson" <user=74@nabble.blu.org>]

 On Wed, 2008-07-02 at 10:55 -0400, Kent Borg wrote: 
> Jarod Wilson wrote: 
> > I've tried the circular scrolling, can't stand it myself. 
> 
> It took quite a few tweaks and restarts of X before I got working 
> nicely. 

I take it you're not aware of synclient... :) 

If you enabled the (gross security hole) xshm option (iirc) in xorg.conf 
and use synclient, you can tweak all the variables on the fly, *then* 
commit it to your xorg.conf once its perfect. 

> The trackpad is pretty small, so I only do the scroll if my 
> finger starts in the very top of the circle.  That way I don't 
> accidentally start scrolling when doing other things.  And I only scroll 
> up/down--the usually more useful directions. 
> 
> Speaking of doing things accidentally, I can't figure out why anyone 
> likes trackpad tapping to do a click.  I have a theory that many people 
> dislike trackpads not because of the trackpad itself but because of the 
> tapping.  But they think the tapping is cool, so they don't want to be 
> without it.  And how far away is the mouse button anyway?  Where is the 
> win??