NAME

gdpa - navigation through desktops and windows based on mouse gestures

Resources

• download files
• browse code
• portal on SourceForge

Using the apt repository:

• edit /etc/apt/sources.list.d/gdpa.list with:

  deb http://gdpa.sourceforge.net/apt/ sid main
  deb-src http://gdpa.sourceforge.net/apt/ sid main
  

• execute (sudo or as root):

  # wget -O - http://gdpa.sourceforge.net/apt/lohr@users.sourceforge.net.gpg.key|apt-key add -
  

  or:
  

  # apt-key adv --keyserver hkp://pgp.mit.edu --recv-keys CF47A959
  

  then:
  

  # apt-get update && apt-get install gpda
  

SYNOPSIS

gdpa [OPTIONS]

DESCRIPTION

gdpa stands for Gestural Desktop Pager Assistant

Press <modifiers>+<button>, then move your mouse up/down to navigate to next/previous desktop, or left/right to navigate through windows of the current desktop.

OPTIONS

--amplitude_x,-x <int>

--amplitude_y,-y <int>

Vertical/horizontal amplitude of a gesture; unit is (mm) millimeters, (cm) centimeters, or (px) pixels. A negative value inverses navigation direction. Keyword 'none' inhibate an axis.

Note that X11 works with pixels. Millimeters and centimeters units come from either the -dpi option specified at your xserver startup or from your display throught the DDC (Display Data Channel) protocol.

--grab,-g <button[+modifiers...]>

Grab sequence specified as follow:

button:

Button1|Button2|Button3|...|AnyButton

modifiers:

Shift|Lock|Control|Mod1|Mod2|Mod3|Mod4|Mod5|AnyModifier

At least one button specifier is required. Zero or several modifiers are allowed. This option may be used several times to specify several grab sequences.

--display,-d <string>

X11 display to connect to.

--revert,-r

Revert gestures actions. Up/down gestures navigates through windows, left/right through desks.

--version,-v

Print version number and exit.

--help,-h

Print this help and exit.

EXAMPLE

 gdpa -g button1+control -g button1+control+mod2 \
        -g button1+control+lock -g button1+control+lock+mod2 \
        -x 3cm -y 3cm

Press Control+Button1 whenever NumLock or CapsLock are activated or not, then have gesture amplitude of 3cm. This is the default behavior.

To run gdpa at your gnome session startup edit: ~/.config/autostart/gdpa.desktop:

        [Desktop Entry]
        Type=Application
        Exec=/usr/bin/gdpa
        Hidden=false
        X-GNOME-Autostart-enabled=true
        Name=Gestural Desktop Pager Assistant

SEE ALSO

wmctrl(1) is a command to interact with an X Window manager.

AUTHOR

gdpa is written by Christophe Lohr

The current version is available from http://gdpa.sourceforge.net/