xsetwacom
Command-line tool to change settings for Wacom pen tablets at runtime. More information: https://manned.org/xsetwacom.
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List all the available Wacom devices. The device name is in the first column:
xsetwacom list
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Set Wacom area to specific screen. Get name of the screen with
xrandr
:
xsetwacom set "{{device_name}}" MapToOutput {{screen}}
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Set mode to relative (like a mouse) or absolute (like a pen) mode:
xsetwacom set "{{device_name}}" Mode "{{Relative|Absolute}}"
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Rotate the input (useful for tablet-PC when rotating screen) by 0|90|180|270 degrees from "natural" rotation:
xsetwacom set "{{device_name}}" Rotate {{none|half|cw|ccw}}
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Set button to only work when the tip of the pen is touching the tablet:
xsetwacom set "{{device_name}}" TabletPCButton "on"
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