Changing 'method to show gestures' to Xshape does not persist

[ubername]

When I select Xshape as the method to show gestures it does not persist after logoff. This also happened on previous versions of Ubuntu but for completeness:

lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu Bionic Beaver (development branch)
Release: 18.04

apt-cache policy easystroke
easystroke:
  Installed: 0.6.0-0ubuntu9
  Candidate: 0.6.0-0ubuntu9
  Version table:
 *** 0.6.0-0ubuntu9 500
        500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/universe amd64 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[flo schneider (0penartist)]

this bug is fixed with https://aur.archlinux.org/cgit/aur.git/tree/dont-ignore-xshape-when-saving.patch?h=easystroke-git

It seems like easystroke on ubuntu is still built from 0.6.0 release and not from master.

As master is also outdated, you will need to add at least these patches (ubuntu package has also two of these patches):
 - [fix build failed in libsignc++ version 2.5.1 or newer](https://github.com/thjaeger/easystroke/pull/9/commits/22b28d25bb696e37e73b4bc641439b3db9f564ed) build fix
 - [Remove abs(float) function that clashes with std::abs(float)](https://github.com/thjaeger/easystroke/pull/8/commits/9e2c32390c5c253aade3bb703e51841748d2c37e) build fix
 - [fixed recurring crash when trying to render 0x0 tray icon](https://github.com/thjaeger/easystroke/pull/10/commits/140b9cae66ba874bf0994eea71210baf417a136e) bug fix
 - [dont-ignore-xshape-when-saving.patch](https://aur.archlinux.org/cgit/aur.git/tree/dont-ignore-xshape-when-saving.patch?h=easystroke-git) bug fix, fixes [Changing 'method to show gestures' to Xshape does not persist](https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/easystroke/+bug/1728746)
- [switch from fork to g_spawn_async](https://github.com/thjaeger/easystroke/pull/6/commits/0e60f1630fc6267fcaf287afef3f8c5eaafd3dd9) bug fix `This fixes a serious bug that can lead to system instability. Without this patch, if a 'Command' action is commonly used, it will lead to so many zombie processes that the OS will be unable to launch additional processes.`

for the non-tech savvy, here is an already built package:
http://openartisthq.org/easystroke/easystroke_0.6.0-0ubuntu8_amd64.deb

for people who do not want to install packages from outside the debian packages mechanism, I also provide the already patched sources with the used patches:
http://openartisthq.org/easystroke/patched-easystroke-master.tar.bz2

Let me know if this helps ;-)