Re: Replacement for lineakd?

2019-12-04 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Mi, 04 dec 19, 13:47:36, Stephan Seitz wrote: > Hi! > > The oldest of our list elders will maybe remember the package lineakd (it > was removed from Debian in 2011). > > Together with a „multimedia” keyboard it could be used to map commands to > keys. > > The big advantage was that it always

Re: Replacement for lineakd?

2019-12-04 Thread Renato Gallo
apt-file search xbindkeys root@azrael:~# Renato Gallo - Original Message - From: "The Wanderer" To: "debian-user" Sent: Wednesday, December 4, 2019 3:14:03 PM Subject: Re: Replacement for lineakd? On 2019-12-04 at 09:03, Stephan Seitz

Re: Replacement for lineakd?

2019-12-04 Thread Renato Gallo
apt-cache policy xbindkeys xbindkeys: Installed: (none) Candidate: (none) Version table: Renato Gallo - Original Message - From: "renato" To: "The Wanderer" Cc: "debian-user" Sent: Wednesday, December 4, 2019 3:15:41 PM Subject: Re: Replacement

Re: Replacement for lineakd?

2019-12-04 Thread Stephan Seitz
On Mi, Dez 04, 2019 at 09:14:03 -0500, The Wanderer wrote: Looks like xbindkeys is available in stable, but not in testing (though it is still in sid). Ah, that explains it. I’m using testing. ;-) Shade and sweet water! Stephan -- |If your life was a horse, you'd have to shoot

Re: Replacement for lineakd?

2019-12-04 Thread Roberto C . Sánchez
On Wed, Dec 04, 2019 at 03:03:56PM +0100, Stephan Seitz wrote: > On Mi, Dez 04, 2019 at 01:06:56 +, Steve Kemp wrote: > > I personally use `xbindkeys`. Configure it to be launched as > > Hm: > [stse@osgiliath]: apt-file search xbindkeys > :-( > [04.12.19 15:01] ~ > > Which package? > You

Re: Replacement for lineakd?

2019-12-04 Thread The Wanderer
On 2019-12-04 at 09:03, Stephan Seitz wrote: > On Mi, Dez 04, 2019 at 01:06:56 +, Steve Kemp wrote: > >> I personally use `xbindkeys`. Configure it to be launched as > > Hm: > [stse@osgiliath]: apt-file search xbindkeys > :-( > [04.12.19 15:01] ~ > > Which package? $ apt-file search

Re: Replacement for lineakd?

2019-12-04 Thread Stephan Seitz
On Mi, Dez 04, 2019 at 01:06:56 +, Steve Kemp wrote: I personally use `xbindkeys`. Configure it to be launched as Hm: [stse@osgiliath]: apt-file search xbindkeys :-( [04.12.19 15:01] ~ Which package? Stephan -- |If your life was a horse, you'd have to shoot it.|

Re: Replacement for lineakd?

2019-12-04 Thread Steve Kemp
> Well, it’s long gone, and while I have it still installed, I’m wondering > what kind of replacement is used today for this functionality? I personally use `xbindkeys`. Configure it to be launched as part of your desktop-session and you can make it toggle music, etc, via multimedia

Replacement for lineakd?

2019-12-04 Thread Stephan Seitz
Hi! The oldest of our list elders will maybe remember the package lineakd (it was removed from Debian in 2011). Together with a „multimedia” keyboard it could be used to map commands to keys. The big advantage was that it always worked not matter if you would run XFCE or FVWM. Well,