Re: Problems with "launch at startup" script

[Neil Bird <gnome fnxweb com>]

Around about 15/05/14 16:43, rastersoft scribbled ...
> I'm using gnome shell since version 3.2. I also have a logitech mouse
> with zillions of buttons, and I have the problem that I hate to have the
> third button in the mouse wheel, so I've been using xmodmap in a startup
> script to put it in another button. The specific script is:
>
> #!/bin/bash
> xmodmap -e "pointer = 1 13 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 2"

  I have a Logitech Performance MX on which I like to swap the middle 
button for the thumb one.  I used to use a judiciously placed xmodmap 
like yours into X11's startup (and also, previously, xorg.conf) but 
these methods have started failing over time with newer and newer 
X11/gdm/GNOME setups.

  I currently have (Fedora 20/GNOME 3.10):

</usr/local/bin/swap-mouse-buttons>
#!/bin/bash

xinput list | sed -ne 's/^.*Logitech Unifying 
Device.*id=\([0-9]*\).*pointer.*/\1/p' | while read id
do
	map=$(xinput get-button-map $id | sed -e 's/ 2 / TWO /g' -e 's/ 8 / 2 
/g' -e 's/ TWO / 8 /')
        xinput set-button-map $id  $map
done


  And:

<~/.config/autostart/swap-mouse-buttons.desktop>
[Desktop Entry]
Type=Application
Exec=/usr/local/bin/swap-mouse-buttons
Hidden=false
X-GNOME-Autostart-enabled=true
Name=Swap mouse buttons
Comment=Swap middle and thumb mouse buttons



  You'll need to ID your mouse device from the “xinput list” output, 
and adjust the script accordingly (plus change the 8s to 13s for your case).

  This will work for a given user (it's not global) and will need to be 
triggered again (run the swap command from <Alt-F2>¹) if you unplug or 
otherwise reset USB during a login.  I've yet to add anything that 
catches USB insertions and does it automatically as it's too rare to 
bother with.


¹ - You could also copy/link the desktop file to 
~/.local/share/applications/ so that it shows up in the gnome-shell 
applications overview instead.

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