26.5.2 Using Xstroke
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 Grafti* 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 LibreOfce 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 dened in your desktop's control
center).
6
To deactivate the gesture recognition mode, click the pencil icon again.
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