tpnoisie

Make the ThinkPad TrackPoint make noises

Functionality

The program reads the TrackPoint displacement data from the provided device file (e.g., /dev/input/eventX) and generates sound based on the movement intensity. libinput is used to read the input events. Compiling may require libinput-devel or equivalent.

Installation

From source

Build requirements: libinput-devel or equivalent installed.

cargo install --git https://github.com/ackledotdev/tpnoisie.git

From the AUR

paru -S tpnoisie
# or
yay -S tpnoisie

From GitHub Releases

Precompiled binaries are available on the Releases page.

Usage

Runtime requirements: Some directory /path/to/sounds/ containing 10 files named exactly {0..9}.{EXT} where {EXT} is either wav or ogg, representing increasing intensity levels.

tpnoisie # find TrackPoint, trackpad, or other pointer device location (e.g. /dev/input/eventX)
tpnoisie /dev/input/eventX /path/to/sounds/ {EXT} # e.g. wav or ogg

Alternatively, specify auto for the device path to have the program automatically find the first TrackPoint device.

tpnoisie auto /path/to/sounds/ {EXT}

Systemd Service

A systemd user unit file is provided in tpnoisie.service. It should be copied to ~/.config/systemd/user/tpnoisie.service. You may need to adjust the ExecStart path, device path, and sound directory.

systemctl --user enable --now tpnoisie.service