From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jan 17 00:52:33 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 51FE116A49E for ; Wed, 17 Jan 2007 00:52:33 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from tbourke@triptrop.cse.unsw.edu.au) Received: from note.orchestra.cse.unsw.EDU.AU (note.orchestra.cse.unsw.EDU.AU [129.94.242.24]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B7D8113C459 for ; Wed, 17 Jan 2007 00:52:32 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from tbourke@triptrop.cse.unsw.edu.au) Received: From triptrop.cse.unsw.edu.au ([129.94.175.153]) (for ) By note With Smtp ; Wed, 17 Jan 2007 11:37:31 +1100 Received: from triptrop.cse.unsw.edu.au (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by triptrop.cse.unsw.edu.au (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id l0H0aEFQ001234 for ; Wed, 17 Jan 2007 11:36:14 +1100 (EST) (envelope-from tbourke@triptrop.cse.unsw.edu.au) Received: (from tbourke@localhost) by triptrop.cse.unsw.edu.au (8.13.6/8.13.6/Submit) id l0H0aDDA001233 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Wed, 17 Jan 2007 11:36:13 +1100 (EST) (envelope-from tbourke) From: Timothy Bourke To: FreeBSD-Questions Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2007 11:36:13 +1100 Message-ID: <20070117003613.GA800@triptrop.wireless.unsw.edu.au> Mail-Followup-To: FreeBSD-Questions References: <14989d6e0701160228j68e87a69s2d4ed3008e9d1d7d@mail.gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="8t9RHnE3ZwKMSgU+" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <14989d6e0701160228j68e87a69s2d4ed3008e9d1d7d@mail.gmail.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i X-PGP-Key: http://www.cse.unsw.edu.au/~tbourke/pubkey.txt Subject: Re: Using fn-Key of IBM Thinkpads in X? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2007 00:52:33 -0000 --8t9RHnE3ZwKMSgU+ Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline On Jan 16 at 11:28 +0100, Christian Walther wrote: > I'm currently using the latest FreeBSD 6.1 patchlevel on an IBM > Thinkpad T23, and so far I'm quite happy with it. (I'll have an issue > with my ath-based WLAN-NIC, but I've to address this later.) > One thing I'm wondering about is if it is possible to use the fn-Key > as another special key in X, e.g. like Control or Alt. I'm using ion3 > as a window manager, and I found know hotkey configuration that > wouldn't affect the usage of hotkeys in applications. Using > fn+ with X/ion3 would be nice. > But I don't know if fn sends a scan code like the other keys do, and > how I could map this key in X. The deskutils/tpb port provides some functionality. You could try running xev to find the keycode of Fn, and then xmodmap to map it as a modifier key. My experience (on a TP R52) is that Fn has a keycode, but that it cannot be usefully combined with other keys. I would be happy to discover otherwise for reasons similar to yours. Tim. --8t9RHnE3ZwKMSgU+ Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.4 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFFrW99tKVK1sFb0ecRAt87AJ99K/2WL1BZcsPulwnCkQxzm9aSoQCfaul7 IO03bnroW8xoJES1EUG4d4I= =UudJ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --8t9RHnE3ZwKMSgU+--