From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Aug 8 23:26:30 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 83A6A37B400 for ; Thu, 8 Aug 2002 23:26:27 -0700 (PDT) Received: from russian-caravan.cloud9.net (russian-caravan.cloud9.net [168.100.1.4]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CD6C243E91 for ; Thu, 8 Aug 2002 23:26:26 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from Hostmaster@Video2Video.Com) Received: from earl-grey.cloud9.net (earl-grey.cloud9.net [168.100.1.1]) by russian-caravan.cloud9.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5C74429058; Fri, 9 Aug 2002 02:26:26 -0400 (EDT) Date: Fri, 9 Aug 2002 02:26:26 -0400 (EDT) From: Peter Leftwich X-X-Sender: To: Philip Hallstrom Cc: FreeBSD LIST Subject: Re: "Start" key on keyboard In-Reply-To: <20020808220020.E61802-100000@cypress.adhesivemedia.com> Message-ID: <20020809022426.N95778-100000@earl-grey.cloud9.net> Organization: Video2Video Services - http://Www.Video2Video.Com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Thu, 8 Aug 2002, Philip Hallstrom wrote: > I haven't done this exactly, but you can use the xev command to see what > the keycode for your start key (or any other special key on your keyboard) > and then adjust the appropriate line in the relevant kemap file in > /usr/share/syscons/keymaps to send something else (such as F12 or > something). Then tell KDE to open that menu if it receives F12... -philip Whowww! What -will- they come up with next? Tremendously useful!! Shucks though. Now that I found out that key is keycode 115, the document help:/khelpcenter/userguide/shortcuts.html#shortcut-table (apparently) has no indication about a default key for the "Start Button" nor any instructions for a user coming up with their own [over-rides]. Grrrumble. > On Thu, 8 Aug 2002, Peter Leftwich wrote: > > Speaking of customizing my X environment so it will one day support buttons > > 4 and 5 (scroll wheel), has anyone had luck with activating the KDE 2.2.2 > > "start button" by pressing the Start key on their keyboard? Kooleo, -- Peter Leftwich President & Founder Video2Video Services Box 13692, La Jolla, CA, 92039 USA +1-413-403-9555 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message