/** @page tools Helper tools libinput provides a couple of tools to query state and events. Two of these tools are usually installed, others are @ref developer_tools only. @section user_tools User tools libinput ships with two tools to gather information about devices: @ref libinput-list-devices and @ref libinput-debug-events. Both tools must be run as root to have acess to the kernel's @c /dev/input/event* device files. @subsection libinput-list-devices The libinput-list-devices tool shows information about devices recognized by libinput and can help identifying why a device behaves different than expected. For example, if a device does not show up in the output, it is not a supported input device. @verbatim $ sudo libinput-list-devices [...] Device: SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad Kernel: /dev/input/event4 Group: 9 Seat: seat0, default Size: 97.33x66.86mm Capabilities: pointer Tap-to-click: disabled Tap drag lock: disabled Left-handed: disabled Nat.scrolling: disabled Middle emulation: n/a Calibration: n/a Scroll methods: *two-finger Click methods: *button-areas clickfinger [...] @endverbatim The above listing shows example output for a touchpad. The libinput-list-devices tool lists general information about the device (the kernel event node) but also the configuration options. If an option is "n/a" it does not exist on this device. Otherwise, the tool will show the default configuration for this device, for options that have more than a binary state all available options are listed, with the default one prefixed with an asterisk (*). In the example above, the default click method is button-areas but clickinger is available. Note that the default configuration may differ from the configuration applied by the desktop environment. @note This tool is intended to be human-readable and may change its output at any time. @subsection libinput-debug-events This is an installed version of the @ref event-debug developer tool. It prints events from devices and can help to identify why a device behaves different than expected. @verbatim $ sudo libinput-debug-events --enable-tapping --set-click-method=clickfinger @endverbatim See the man page or the @c --help output for information about the available options. @section developer_tools Developer tools The two most common tools used by developers are @ref event-debug and @ref event-gui. @subsection event-debug This is the in-tree version of the @ref libinput-debug-events tool and is linked to allow for easy debugging (i.e. it avoids libtool shenanigans). The code is the same. For debugging, run it against a single device only and enable the --verbose flag. This will print the various state machine transitions in addition to the events. @verbatim $ sudo ./tools/event-debug --verbose --device /dev/input/event3 @endverbatim See the @c --help output for information about the available options. @subsection event-gui A simple GTK-based graphical tool that shows the behavior and location of touch events, pointer motion, scroll axes and gestures. Since this tool gathers data directly from libinput, it is thus suitable for pointer-acceleration testing. @verbatim $ sudo ./tools/event-gui @endverbatim See the @c --help output for information about the available options. @note The @c --grab flag puts an exclusive @c EVIOCGRAB on the device to avoid interference with the desktiop while testing. */