I was recently given an original Happy Hacking Keyboard. As I sometimes work in the FreeBSD console, I wanted to have my usual console keymap adjusted to the new keyboard, but didn't know the scancode for the HHKB meta key (the diamond key). I couldn't find any program in base or ports that would show me the scancodes, so I ended up writing my own:
http://hack.org/mc/hacks/kbdscan/ It's little more than a quick hack done while my baby daughter was napping, but it works for my purposes. The program sets the FreeBSD console keyboard in raw scancode mode and the terminal in raw mode without echo. It then shows scancodes of keys pressed and released. Five seconds of inactivity resets the keyboard and terminal to the original modes and quits the program. Nota bene: If the process receives any signals, it will currently leave the keyboard and console in the raw mode. When I was searching for information about this, I found a lot of similar questions on freebsd-questions and in other fora about similar problems, so I thought I should post about it. Please excuse me if this is inappropriate. Happy hacking, MC. -- http://hack.org/mc/ Use plain text e-mail, please. OpenPGP welcome, 0xE4C92FA5. _______________________________________________ freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-hackers-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
