Hi Gabe,
Just a quick thought, have you check the laptop how to for you laptop?
I know they sometime have keymapping and other useful information there.
Stephen
Peter Jay Salzman wrote:
> begin: Gabriel Rosa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> quote
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>> On Thu, 3 May 2001, Peter Jay Salzman wrote:
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>>> begin: Gabriel Rosa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> quote
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>>>> hey all,
>>>>
>>>> on the subject of binding and remapping keys, if a key doesn't generate an
>>>> event (as caught by xev) is that the end of the line for me?
>>>
>>> i would have to say yes! what key doesn't generate an event?
>>
>> the function key on my laptop :)
>> i'd like to bind some events to func-key combinations.
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> my guess is that the function key modifies the keycode sent of other keys.
> that is, it doesn't generate a "key press" in of itself.
>
> if that's truly the case, there's nothing to bind.
>
>>>> are there any other solutions? or do i need to start writing some code?
>>>
>>> are you saying a key "works" under console and "doesn't work" under X?
>>>
>> I'm saying that i might have to implement the key event generating myself, as
>> in, hack xfree/console/whatever to respond to whatever code the key generates.
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> good luck. sounds to me like you'll be hacking hardware, not software.
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> could be wrong of course. just giving my gut feeling.
>
> pete
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