This script disables the right-click area on Thinkpad touchpads, so as to require either the physical right-click button above it to be clicked, or to use a two-finger click. This matches the behaviour of touchpads on Macs (which I'm more used to).

disable-right-click-area.sh

#!/bin/sh
#
# This script disables the right-click area on Thinkpad touchpads, so as
# to require either the physical right-click button above it to be clicked,
# or to use a two-finger click. This matches the behaviour of touchpads
# on Macs (which I'm more used to).
#
# Set the script to be used with:
# gsettings set org.gnome.settings-daemon.peripherals.input-devices hotplug-command /path/to/script/input-devices.sh
#

args=`getopt "t:i:" $*`

set -- $args

while [ $# -gt 0 ]
do
    case $1 in
    -t)
        shift;
        type="$1"
        ;;
     -i)
        shift;
        id="$1"
        ;;
     --)
        shift;
        device="$@"
        break;
        ;;
    *)
        echo "Unknown option $1";
        exit 1
        ;;
    esac
    shift
done

if test $type = "added" -o $type = "present"; then
        if test "$device" = "SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad"; then
                synclient RightButtonAreaLeft=0 RightButtonAreaTop=0
        fi
fi

exit 0