Date: Mon, 14 Sep 2009 19:34:20 +0200 From: Roland Smith <rsmith@xs4all.nl> To: Eitan Adler <eitanadlerlist@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: rebinding keys to functions Message-ID: <20090914173420.GB69286@slackbox.xs4all.nl> In-Reply-To: <a0777e080909140952r18cc88b3n2b3ff1456c2542c7@mail.gmail.com> References: <a0777e080909140952r18cc88b3n2b3ff1456c2542c7@mail.gmail.com>
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--KFztAG8eRSV9hGtP Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Mon, Sep 14, 2009 at 04:52:56PM +0000, Eitan Adler wrote: > My laptop has a bunch of volume-up/down/mute internet/mail/etc keys. > How do I map each of them to run a specific shell command when pressed? That depends on a couple of things (assuming you're running the X window system, I don't know if it is even possible on the console). First you have to make sure that you actually can see the key signals. In X you can test that with xev(1). How you can bind keypresses to commands in X depends on the window manager = or desktop environment you are using. See the revelant documentation. On my laptop (centrino 2 platform, PM 45 chipset), using Fn combination wor= ks to change speaker volume and screen brightness, but this is done outside the OS. The X server doesn't even 'see' those keypresses. Roland --=20 R.F.Smith http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/ [plain text _non-HTML_ PGP/GnuPG encrypted/signed email much appreciated] pgp: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 (KeyID: C321A725) --KFztAG8eRSV9hGtP Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.13 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAkqufpwACgkQEnfvsMMhpyVE9gCgiJqVxYyCy07F0CsHYUcTbH/9 xF4AoJprK1gG+bk3KuU26Vur8szLa5vK =3oAu -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --KFztAG8eRSV9hGtP--
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