Change Trackpad Preferences Through the Terminal?

Hello. I have a MBP with a multi-touch trackpad (gesture support, 4 finger swipe, etc). I have found that in some applications I need to quickly change the settings of the trackpad. I have heard of the program MultiClutch, but that may be overkill for what I need.

Is there a terminal command to change the "tap to click" and "tap to secondary click" settings?

I have gotten this to work with Automator, but that's very slow as I have to use "Watch me Do." I suspect the settings are in the ".GlobalPrefernces plist" file, ('com.apple.trackpad.enableSecondaryClick OR com.apple.mouse.tapBehavior) but it's not obvious which I need to change, what the variable is or how I would do this. I've searched Google, MacOSX hints and the discussion boards and so far have not found anything specific enough. Anyone know if this is possible? Thanks.

MacBook Pro 15" (Late-2008 Core Duo 2.8), Mac OS X (10.5.6), 4GB Ram, 512MB Dual Video, 300GB 7200RPM HD

Posted on May 2, 2009 10:23 PM

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