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X11 gesture recognition application

5 mentions on Hacker News by 5 people: 0 stories, 5 comments · first 2017-11-22 · latest 2026-08-21

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  1. …Like window minimize, execute command This is the “official” repo but it was abandoned long ago: https://github.com/thjaeger/easystroke My first linked repo is me and Claude working to fix build errors and app bugs to keep it running.
    comment by mmh0000 · 2026-08-21 · in Xorg-server 26.1.0 rc1
  2. …a modern replacement, https://github.com/jersou/mouse-actions , which works on both X11 and Wayland https://github.com/thjaeger/easystroke/wiki
  3. …which apparently isn't possible with Wayland (except for RDP or VNC which isn't what I need). [0] https://github.com/thjaeger/easystroke/wiki [1] https://github.com/jersou/mouse-actions
    comment by qwertox · 2024-03-05 · in Linux Crosses 4% Market Share Worldwide
  4. …for Wayland? Would this have to be inside the compositor as it's like a global hotkey? [1] https://github.com/thjaeger/easystroke/wiki
    comment by ubercow13 · 2019-02-10 · in Wayland misconceptions debunked
  5. For anyone else looking, the parent probably meant 'easystroke': https://github.com/thjaeger/easystroke It's likely available from your package manager.
    comment by ConfucianNardin · 2017-11-22 · in Extensions in Firefox 58