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On Mon, 2010-06-07 at 12:11 +0930, Iain Buchanan wrote: |
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> Hi, |
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> is there a way to get the num lock, caps lock and scroll lock state |
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> displayed in an OSD? |
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Still looking for a good solution, but the best I've come up with so far |
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is this: |
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1. add to .xbindkeysrc: |
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"/home/iain/.bin/capstog" |
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m:0x12 + c:66 |
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Mod2 + Caps_Lock |
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2. /home/iain/.bin/capstog is simply: |
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#!/bin/sh |
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mkdir -p ~/.run/ |
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if ( grep On ~/.run/capstog 1>/dev/null 2>&1 ) ; then |
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echo Caps Off > ~/.run/capstog |
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else |
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echo Caps On > ~/.run/capstog |
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fi |
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3. then run in another shell: |
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tail -f .run/capstog 2>/dev/null | osd_cat --delay=1 --lines=1 --pos=bottom --offset=100 --indent=800 --shadow=3 --font=-*-times-*-*-*-*-34-*-*-*-*-*-*-* |
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4. finally run "xbindkeys" |
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Now I get a "Caps On" and "Caps Off" message every time I press the caps |
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lock. A lot of manual steps to get there though! |
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Surely there's a tool to do this already?! |
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-- |
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Iain Buchanan <iaindb at netspace dot net dot au> |
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I have never been one to sacrifice my appetite on the altar of appearance. |
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-- A.M. Readyhough |
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