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* On Tue Jul-19-2005 at 04:26:05 PM +0930, Iain Buchanan said: |
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> It seems that every multimedia keyboard out there (especially the usb |
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> ones) have some or all "extra" keys that just aren't visible outside of |
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> Winblows. |
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> I have a couple of them! I've tried all the usual ways of detecting |
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> them - xev and others that do a similar thing but they just don't |
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> register as keypresses in any standard way. |
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> I would like comments on why, and what methods, if any, may be available |
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> to detect such keys. Surely with the plethora of cheap multimedia |
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> keyboards out there, there is some way. |
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Perhaps this blog entry[1] has some useful information for you. I jumped |
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on the same boat as Patrick and now use my Happy Hacking Lite 2 keyboard |
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and some old Honeywell AT keyboard. xbindkeys is your friend, although I |
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admit the "shortcuts" can get obscure quickly. If anyone wants a |
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multimedia keyboard I'll sell it to you cheap. Complete with |
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disabled-on-boot F1-12 keys! :P |
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[1] http://planet.gentoo.org/developers/flameeyes/2005/06/15/and_the_keyboard_lose_the_match |
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