Install Guide for Ubuntu 18.04

[cornernote]

Took time for a noob like me to find the right dependencies:

sudo apt install libconfig++-dev libtinyxml2-dev libudev-dev

Also had an issue where I had to manually create this folder:

sudo mkdir -p /root/.local/share/sidewinderd

I made a quick guide (for myself), but thought that info may help you improve the README:
https://gist.github.com/cornernote/81affe26bdb15b7c49f4cceaae2f703f

Once I got that figured out everything works perfectly. It even records the delays (which is sometimes useful and sometimes annoying, but I worked out how to remove them in the XML, so all good).

Thank you so much for providing this tool!!!

[tolga9009]

Hi!

Sorry you had to jump through hoops, in order to run sidewinderd. I wasn't able to maintain for quite some time.

We actually have Ubuntu installation instructions in the Wiki: https://github.com/tolga9009/sidewinderd/wiki/Installation. I agree though, it's not the first place you'd expect it. As there are many distros out there and we can't cover them all in README, I think it's a better solution to link to the Wiki and put the instructions there.

Feel free to edit and add pages to the Wiki. I think guides written by users are more user-friendly than guides written by devs.

As for your setup: you shouldn't use the root user in a single-user setup. Instead, configure /etc/sidewinderd.conf to use another user. sidewinderd will drop unneeded privileges in that case and run as your specified user. Your macro folder will then no longer be stored under /root/.local/share/sidewinderd, but under /home/<user>/.local/share/sidewinderd.

Recording delays between key actions can be useful in games. But I understand, they can be annoying in other scenarios. You can configure capture_delays in /etc/sidewinderd.conf according to your needs. The changes should only apply after restarting sidewinderd. A solution, where users could do this on-the-fly would be awesome, but I need a universal solution, which works across all keyboards.

The Arch Linux AUR package has a post-installation script, which advises the user to look into /etc/sidewinderd.conf, change the root user and make wanted changes. I think we need a way to communicate this not only to Arch Linux users, but everyone who uses sidewinderd.

I will keep this issue open as a reminder to improve configuration defaults and README overhaul.
Thanks for your contribution!

Cheers,
Tolga