lillinput-cli

lillinput-cli is the commandline application for connecting libinput gestures into:

• commands for the i3 tiling window manager IPC interface
• shell commands

Usage

Upon invocation, lillinput-cli will listen to libinput events until stopped. By default, the i3 action will be enabled, with the workspace next configured for the "three finger right swipe" gesture, and the workspace prev for the "three finger left swipe" gesture.

The full list of options can be retrieved via:

$ lillinput-cli --help

...
USAGE:
    lillinput-cli [OPTIONS]

OPTIONS:
    -c, --config-file <CONFIG_FILE>
            Configuration file

    -e, --enabled-action-types <ENABLED_ACTION_TYPES>
            enabled action types [possible values: i3, command]

        --four-finger-swipe-down <FOUR_FINGER_SWIPE_DOWN>
            actions for the "four-finger swipe down" event

        --four-finger-swipe-left <FOUR_FINGER_SWIPE_LEFT>
            actions for the "four-finger swipe left" event

        --four-finger-swipe-left-down <FOUR_FINGER_SWIPE_LEFT_DOWN>
            actions for the "four-finger swipe left-down" event

        --four-finger-swipe-left-up <FOUR_FINGER_SWIPE_LEFT_UP>
            actions for the "four-finger swipe left-up" event

        --four-finger-swipe-right <FOUR_FINGER_SWIPE_RIGHT>
            actions for the "four-finger swipe right" event

        --four-finger-swipe-right-down <FOUR_FINGER_SWIPE_RIGHT_DOWN>
            actions for the "four-finger swipe right-down" event

        --four-finger-swipe-right-up <FOUR_FINGER_SWIPE_RIGHT_UP>
            actions for the "four-finger swipe right-up" event

        --four-finger-swipe-up <FOUR_FINGER_SWIPE_UP>
            actions for the "four-finger swipe up" event

    -h, --help
            Print help information

        --invert-x <INVERT_X>
            invert the X axis (considering positive displacement as "left")

        --invert-y <INVERT_Y>
            invert the Y axis (considering positive displacement as "up")

    -q, --quiet
            Less output per occurrence

    -s, --seat <SEAT>
            libinput seat

    -t, --threshold <THRESHOLD>
            minimum threshold for displacement changes

        --three-finger-swipe-down <THREE_FINGER_SWIPE_DOWN>
            actions for the "three-finger swipe down" event

        --three-finger-swipe-left <THREE_FINGER_SWIPE_LEFT>
            actions for the "three-finger swipe left" event

        --three-finger-swipe-left-down <THREE_FINGER_SWIPE_LEFT_DOWN>
            actions for the "three-finger swipe left-down" event

        --three-finger-swipe-left-up <THREE_FINGER_SWIPE_LEFT_UP>
            actions for the "three-finger swipe left-up" event

        --three-finger-swipe-right <THREE_FINGER_SWIPE_RIGHT>
            actions for the "three-finger swipe right" event

        --three-finger-swipe-right-down <THREE_FINGER_SWIPE_RIGHT_DOWN>
            actions for the "three-finger swipe right-down" event

        --three-finger-swipe-right-up <THREE_FINGER_SWIPE_RIGHT_UP>
            actions for the "three-finger swipe right-up" event

        --three-finger-swipe-up <THREE_FINGER_SWIPE_UP>
            actions for the "three-finger swipe up" event

    -v, --verbose
            More output per occurrence

    -V, --version
            Print version information

Configuring the swipe actions

Each --{number}-finger-swipe-{direction} argument accepts one or several "actions", in the form {type}:{command}. For example, the following invocation specifies two actions for the "three finger swipe up" gesture: moving to the next workspace in i3, and creating a file.

$ lillinput -e i3 -e command --three-finger-swipe-up "i3:workspace next" --three-finger-swipe-up "command:touch /tmp/myfile"

Currently, the available action types are i3 and command.

Using a configuration file

The configuration from the application can be read from a configuration file. By default, the following sources will be read in order:

1. /etc/lillinput.toml
2. ${XDG_HOME}/lillinput/lillinput.toml
3. ${CWD}/lillinput.toml

Alternatively, a different file can be specified via the --config-file argument. The configuration files can be partial (as in declaring just specific options rather than the full range of options), and each option can be overridden individually by later config files or command line arguments, falling back to their default values if not provided.

The format of the configuration can be found in the sample configuration file:

verbose = "INFO"
seat = "seat01"
threshold = 20.0
enabled_action_types = ["i3"]

[actions]
three-finger-swipe-right = ["i3:workspace next"]
three-finger-swipe-left = ["i3:workspace prev"]
three-finger-swipe-up = []
three-finger-swipe-down = []
four-finger-swipe-right = []
four-finger-swipe-left = []
four-finger-swipe-up = []
four-finger-swipe-down = []

License

This project is licensed under BSD-3-Clause.