Convertible

A program to detect when a convertible laptop switches to tablet mode, and enable or disable the onscreen keyboard.

Requirements:

• Python 3.5+,
• GNOME 3,
• Block Caribou GNOME extension (https://github.com/keringar/cariboublocker)

Installation

1. Install the "Block Caribou" extension from https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/1326/block-caribou/
2. Clone this project with git clone https://github.com/Fraetor/Convertible.git
3. Add the line python3 /path/to/convertible.py & to your ~/.profile, replacing the path with the path to this project.
4. Add your user to the "input" group with the command sudo usermod -a -G input [User]
5. Run source ~/.profile or reboot.

Only currently tested on my ThinkPad L390 Yoga running Ubuntu 19.10. It should work for most modern ThinkPads as is, but for different models the "input_device" variable will have to be adjusted and perhaps the indexes of the binary data changed. If it works on you device, or does not, then please add an issue so I can add support.