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twobob · 10-11-2013, 07:03 PM

I think with a bit of extra love...
This could be useful.

There are still situations where a program could open a window that is STUPIDLY large (QT ABOUT I'm looking at you)

so... to remedy this I propose a sentinel process that monitors the logs for double tap (or maybe pinching..) that IDEALLY would fire up a dialog requesting the the users permission to close out the application (failsafe)

however... In the absence of such a process...

The following bit of code could at least provide a monitor to "close out" (I.e. exit) badly behaving apps...

Code:

echo "" > /var/log/messages; \
showlog -f  | awk '$0 ~ /.*GestureEngine*./ {print $6,$7}'

TAP then release gives
1 down
1 up

Two finger tap then release gives
2 down
2 up

Various double finger pinch/zoom swipes:

9 down
9 up
7 up
7 down
8 down
8 up

So I will look to create a sentinel process that kills off the last registered (or perhaps ACTIVE WINDOW) for these worst case scenarios)

Other than that - very happy now

of course this does mean that apps that EXPECT pinch will be affected but unless someone has a better idea... This is what I have.

10-11-2013, 07:03 PM	#28
twobob ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°){ʇlnɐɟ ƃǝs}Týr Posts: 6,586 Karma: 6299993 Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: uti gratia usura (Yao ying da ying; Mo ying da yieng) Device: PW-WIFI\|K5-3G+WIFI\| K4\|K3-3G\|DXG\|K2\| Rooted Nook Touch	I think with a bit of extra love... This could be useful. There are still situations where a program could open a window that is STUPIDLY large (QT ABOUT I'm looking at you) so... to remedy this I propose a sentinel process that monitors the logs for double tap (or maybe pinching..) that IDEALLY would fire up a dialog requesting the the users permission to close out the application (failsafe) however... In the absence of such a process... The following bit of code could at least provide a monitor to "close out" (I.e. exit) badly behaving apps... Code: echo "" > /var/log/messages; \ showlog -f \| awk '$0 ~ /.GestureEngine./ {print $6,$7}' TAP then release gives 1 down 1 up Two finger tap then release gives 2 down 2 up Various double finger pinch/zoom swipes: 9 down 9 up 7 up 7 down 8 down 8 up So I will look to create a sentinel process that kills off the last registered (or perhaps ACTIVE WINDOW) for these worst case scenarios) Other than that - very happy now of course this does mean that apps that EXPECT pinch will be affected but unless someone has a better idea... This is what I have. Last edited by twobob; 10-11-2013 at 07:06 PM.