Hey. Sorry to hear that, Kevin.
As you're probably on Xorg (read "not Wayland") you most likely don't
have pixel-precise scrolling anyways, and there are many cheap no-name
trackpads available (30-40$ mark) that you can use - just keep in mind
that if you ever plan to use such one on a Mac, the scrolling will be
"edgy", just like it will on your OpenBSD machine with such a thing.
Multi-touch is another problem, it somewhat works on Xorg, but it's not
exactly fantastic and a bit of a "yea need to get used to how this
works" feel.
What I can personally recommend is just like Stefan already mentioned
something to put your arm on.
If your keyboard has a numpad block (that 0-9 thing on the right side),
then you could also use "pointerkeys" to control your cursor, but that's
again not really "comfort".
What I would ultimately look into are trackballs, but keep in mind these
things are expensive, so not good if you just want to test if one would
work for you.
All in all not really cool, and the closest I've seen so far that would
match most of your requirements was KDE Plasma on Wayland (still no
3-finger drag to move a window, and some other tiny quirks that still
exist at driver-level), but I doubt that will work nicely on OpenBSD, at
least right now (FreeBSD might be a better option here, until the
situation on OpenBSD gets better :-/ ).
~ Armin
On 19.10.26 06:21, Kevin Williams wrote:
I have used openbsd on the desktop for years and really enjoyed it.
Recently I injured fingers in both of my hands away from the computer. Then at
the computer I did a lot more repetitive clicking than normal for several days.
I noticed pain in the end joint of my right index finger especially, which I
have used to click the main mouse button.
I have seen my doctor about it and am taking several days away from the
computer to heal and recover. My recovery is going better than expected. But I
want to be cautious and have options so that I don't reinjure myself.
Do any of you have experience with an external touchpad that works well with
openbsd? Particularly with tap to click and multi-touch for scrolling or even
dragging without having to do a click?
I would like to get two of them and have one on each side of my keyboard so
that I can alternate which finger and which hand I use to give them a rest.
What is something that has worked well for any of you?
