i3_onoff_touchpad.py

#!/usr/bin/env python3
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import os

# Check current status of touchpad
t = os.popen('synclient |grep TouchpadOff').read().strip('\n').split('=')
touch = int(t[1])

# change current status of touchpad
if      touch == 0 :
    os.popen('synclient TouchpadOff=1')

elif    touch == 1 :
    os.popen('synclient TouchpadOff=0')