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From: M Harris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [email protected]
Date: Tue, 22 May 2007 23:36:46 -0500
Subject: Re: [opensuse] Keyboard with buttons
On Tuesday 22 May 2007 20:20, Chris Arnold wrote:
> Kernel see the strokes and all is well, except, in control center, i do not
> see where to map the numbers to the buttons. I looked in the "keyboard"
> applet and i was able to map the vol buttons in the "shortcuts" applet.
> Where exactly do i map the browser buttons to the browser? Thanks again for
> the help
Assuming the kernel has the keys mapped, AND xev shows a valid keysym
for
each key---- please check with this:
from a terminal konsole on your desktop, enter:
xev | grep -i "keysym"
Now, press the key you are interested in and then move your mouse over
the
xev window and the keysym data should appear in your terminal window. If the
key has a valid keysym for the scancode, then no problem. Otherwise you will
need to bind a keysym to the scancode with xmodmap. In your home directory
you simply create a file called .Xmodmap with the entries you need--- for
instance: (these are just examples, yours will be different)
keycode 223 = XF86LogOff
keycode 233 = XF86Forward
keycode 234 = XF86Back
etc
Then you make them available with:
xmodmap .Xmodmap <===please notice the dot in the name
You can look at the keysym database /usr/X11R6/X11/XKeysymDB for
valid
symbols that you can bind.
After you add the entries to your .Xmodmap file in your home
directory, and
run xmodmap .Xmodmap, then test your keysym entries by running the xev
experiment again... this time you should see the keycode and the keysym
binding.
You are now ready to have KDE do something with the keysym bindings.
You do
this within the Control Center using the following directions:
Pull up the appropriate control center panel with :
SUSE ===> Control Center ===> Regional & Accessibility ===> Hotkeys
1) Create an action group name based on your keyboard... mine is a
Dynex
internet keyboard... so I just called my new group Dynex.
2) Create an action subgroup under that for Firefox
(you can have many groups and subgroups, like one for
Thunderbird)
3) Under Firefox create a K-menu Entry simple
a) call it "search" (no quotes) (it will be used to start
firefox)
b) click keyboard shortcut... and press the button on your
keyboard for
starting firefox... the keysym bound for that button will fill in the
shortcut box... we're almost done
c) click menu entry (it will contain the program name) and
enter
"firefox" (no quotes) in the field
d) click Apply
4) [ let's do another one for the "forward" button ]
4) Under Firefox group create a Keyboard Shortcut Keyboard Input
simple
a) call it "page forward" (no quotes)
b) click keyboard shortcut and press the forward multimedia key
on your
keyboard to fill in the shortcut keysym binding
c) click keyboard Input Settings and make the keyboard input
Alt+Right and
"send input to active window"
d) click Apply
Simply repeat these instructions for as many keys as you want to
define....
all 19 keys on my Dynex are configured to do something...
keep in mind that these bindings only work while kde is up and
running...
for instance, I have a key that ejects my cdrom (and also closes it) from
the keyboard... but I cannot use that button to open the cdrom door from my
black screen consoles... nor does it work in run level 3. Of course the
keyboard can be mapped for run level 3 also... but that is another story.
Also, the keyboard shortcuts for the apps you are configuring must be
known
to you... for instance you must know that Alt+Right is the page forward in
Firefox.
The first few of these you dink around with will be a little confusing,
but
after you do a couple you'll have the whole keyboard mapped in no time.
Caveat: If you're using gnome, consider using KDE.... just kidding... there
is probably a way to do this same thing in gnome... but I don't have a clue
how because... I don't use gnome... :)
Have lots of fun.
--
Kind regards,
M Harris <><
Great directions but i am using gnome :) Anyone know how to do this in gnome?
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