numbersix

Recently discovered a new terminal emulator for Linux - terminator. After a bit of config:

[global_config]
focus = sloppy
title_transmit_fg_color = "#FFFF00"
title_transmit_bg_color = "#000000"
title_inactive_fg_color = "#A8A3A3"
title_inactive_bg_color = "#000000"

and some getting used to the keyboard commands, I'm really beginning to like it. I've tried window managers based on a similar tiling idea, but didn't like them. But this looks like it could become one of my main work tools.

Battling with a terribly designed HP 4520s (oh for a Thinkpad), I had enough of hitting the stupid touchpad accidentally when typing. The following will turn the touchpad on and off accordingly. The script comes with no warranty, use at your own risk:


#!/bin/bash
#
# Turn that pesky touchpad on and off
#
# ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
id=`xinput list | grep TouchPad | awk '{print $6}' | sed 's/id=//'`
if [ $1 = 'on' ]; then
xinput set-prop $id "Device Enabled" 1
else
xinput set-prop $id "Device Enabled" 0
fi