Disable touchpad while typing
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I have a nice laptop with a big touchpad (Asus UX305) but it is so big that you end up touching it everytime... And it was driving me crazy.

There is a small application that can be run as a daemon and that does exactly what I needed: disable the touchpad while are typing and re-enable it after some configurable delays.

The tool is named `syndaemon` and is part of the `xf86-input-synaptics` package.

Below is a sample command to start it as a daemon with 0.5 seconds delay:

::

  syndaemon -d -k -i 0.5s


Description of the options:


- ``-d`` start as a daemon (background process)
- ``-k`` ignore modifier keys when monitoring keyboard activity.
- ``-i`` how many seconds to wait after the last key press before enabling the touchpad.  (default is 2.0s).