linux-surface-scripts

Collection of scripts for Surface for Lubuntu

These packages were installed however some may not be needed for the final product:

sudo apt install onscreen
sudo apt install onboard
sudo apt install xrandr
sudo apt install florence
sudo apt install touchegg
sudo apt install touchegg-gui
sudo apt install touche
sudo apt install xinput
sudo apt install ionotify-tools
sudo apt install sensorfw

The scripts under/opt/scripts need to be owned by root, given execute permissions and then symlinked into the user's binary directory:

sudo chmod u+x /opt/scripts/autorotate
sudo chmod u+x /opt/scripts/rotatescreen

ln -s /opt/scripts/autorotate /usr/local/bin/autorotate
ln -s /opt/scripts/rotatescreen /usr/local/bin/rotatescreen

Onboard settings

General

(Activate all options)

Window

Transparency

• Transparency
  • Window: 10
  • Background: 10 ([x] No Background)
• When Inactive
  • set transparency to [50] after [1.0] seconds

Layout

• Core layouts: Compact

Theme

• High Contrast, Inverse

Keyboard

Advanced

• Input Options
  • Touch input: single-touch
  • Input event source: XInput
• Key-stroke Generation
  • Delay between keystrokes in milliseconds: 1
  • Key-stroke generator: Auto

Note

Remember to install menulibre package to easily edit the menu.