Follow Techotopia on Twitter

On-line Guides
All Guides
eBook Store
iOS / Android
Linux for Beginners
Office Productivity
Linux Installation
Linux Security
Linux Utilities
Linux Virtualization
Linux Kernel
System/Network Admin
Programming
Scripting Languages
Development Tools
Web Development
GUI Toolkits/Desktop
Databases
Mail Systems
openSolaris
Eclipse Documentation
Techotopia.com
Virtuatopia.com
Answertopia.com

How To Guides
Virtualization
General System Admin
Linux Security
Linux Filesystems
Web Servers
Graphics & Desktop
PC Hardware
Windows
Problem Solutions
Privacy Policy

  




 

 

openSUSE 11.1 Reference Guide
Previous Page Home Next Page

31.5 Using Gesture Recognition

With xstroke, you can use gestures with your pen or other pointing devices as input for applications on the X Window System. The xstroke alphabet is a unistroke alphabet that resembles the Graffiti* alphabet. When activated, xstroke sends the input to the currently focused window.

  1. Start xstroke from the main menu or with xstroke from a shell. This adds a pencil icon to your system tray.

  2. Start the application for which you want to create text input with the pen (for example, a terminal window, a text editor, or an OpenOffice.org Writer).

  3. To activate the gesture recognition mode, click the pencil icon once.

  4. Perform some gestures on the graphics tablet with the pen or another pointing device. xstroke captures the gestures and transfers them to text that appears in the application window that has the focus.

  5. To switch focus to a different window, click the desired window with the pen and hold for a moment (or use the keyboard shortcut defined in your desktop's control center).

  6. To deactivate the gesture recognition mode, click the pencil icon again.

openSUSE 11.1 Reference Guide
Previous Page Home Next Page

 
 
  Published under the terms fo the GNU General Public License Design by Interspire