From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from c716099-a.rchdsn1.tx.home.com ([24.7.105.70] helo=ignatious) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.32 #1 (Debian)) id 163nOm-0004pY-00 for ; Tue, 13 Nov 2001 18:55:24 -0500 Received: from cpt.kirk (helo=localhost) by ignatious with local-esmtp (Exim 3.12 #1 (Debian)) id 163nNm-0003Op-00 for ; Tue, 13 Nov 2001 17:54:22 -0600 Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2001 17:54:22 -0600 (CST) From: Kirk Wood X-Sender: cpt.kirk@ignatious To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca Subject: Re: Keymaps. Keyboards. ... In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca Errors-To: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.6 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: On Tue, 13 Nov 2001, Janina Sajka wrote: > It's interesting to me that you get a scan code for the fn key. That > should prove valuable in the end, though I'm not in a position to advise > how to code for it. What I think would be very useful on the Thinkpad is > to create a key function, perhaps FN+Control that pops up the keyboard. > Thinkpads are great machines, but the Shift+ScrollLock thing to access the > pop up numeric has got to go. You would use the program setkeycodes to start with. Check the Keyboard-and-Console-HOWTO and it gives some info there. You might also check the man pages. There is a way to add this into the keymap. As a result, you should be able to remap any keycombo you want. Limitations being that many keyboards won't handle more then three keys pressed at the same time. I have tested two and found they ignore further keyevents once three are pressed. Now I know why those keyboard braille programs aren't any good. ======= Kirk Wood Cpt.Kirk@1tree.net "When I take action, I'm not going to fire a $2 million missle at a $10 empty tent and hit a camel in the butt. It's going to be decisive." - President George Bush