Just a further note on this. I too have a multimedia keyboard. The keys work fine for Rhythmbox. Totem does not repsond to them when RB is running, regardless of which is opened first.
JDuggan On 7/13/06, Bastien Nocera <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, 2006-07-13 at 13:27 +1000, James "Doc" Livingston wrote: > > On Tue, 2006-07-11 at 18:09 +0100, Peter wrote: > > > I could make one for Rhythmbox - but it looks like it would be much > > > easier to use if Rhythmbox supported global keyboard shortcuts > > > (otherwise the remote control would only work if rhythmbox was the > > > active window). > > > > > > Is global keyboard shortcuts something you have planned? Possibly as a > > > plugin? (I did search, but didn't see a bug for global keyboard > > > shortcuts). > > > > We already support X's "media" keys, XF86MediaNext and the like. If your > > keyboard settings are set up correctly, you should be able to press the > > "next" and "previous" keys on your keyboard (assuming of course you have > > a keyboard with them) and control RB. > > > > To me it would make much more sense to synthesise those key events. > > The only problem being that you cannot synthesis a key event if the > Keysym doesn't exist in the keymap. The XTest bits only support sending > keycodes, so you need to make sure this keycode maps to the keysym > you're interested in. > > There's a function in ATK (iirc) that generates key events with a > special keysym, but it does exactly what you would expect it to: > - bind "empty" keycode to keysym > - generate event with keycode > - cross fingers and hope the piece of crap doesn't race > > > > Incidentally, I think it would be great to use the same global keyboard > > > shortcuts as Amarok - e.g. WIN+B for next track. > > > > How does it interact with other global keyboard shortcuts (e.g. I have a > > number of things from Gnome's "Keyboard Shortcuts" preferences tool set > > to Win-<key>). > > > > Also, setting global keyboard shortcuts probably gets nasty if several > > apps want to do it. Particularly if they are running at once, e.g. if > > Totem did it as well as your music player. > > This is a discussion that started a long time ago. Totem only gets the > event when it's focused, people say it's not useful. Rhythmbox grabs it > for the whole desktop. What happens if Rhythmbox is started first and > Totem can't grab it? What happens when Totem is focused and Rhythmbox > running? > > I think it might be useful to setup a small D-Bus API for use by media > players, and have the gnome-settings-daemon generate those events, > rather than rely (solely) on the multimedia keys. > > 1. List the actions that keyboard keys allow (play/pause, next, > previous, etc.) that require special handling > 2. Setup an API in a couple of players that would allow those actions > through D-Bus > 3. Modify gnome-settings-daemon to generate those calls when the > specificed key (and the proper key) is pressed > 4. (this is the tricky bit) think of a way of selecting which media > player gets the events in a non-obtrusive way (tray icon in case of > conflict?) > > Comments? > > -- > Bastien Nocera <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > "I want no epitaphs of profound history and all that type of thing. I > contributed. I would hope they would say that, and I would hope somebody > liked me." - Brian Clough, on being remembered. > > _______________________________________________ > rhythmbox-devel mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/rhythmbox-devel > _______________________________________________ gnome-multimedia mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-multimedia
