Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2000 06:34:00 -0500 (CDT) From: Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: "One-touch" peripherals? Message-ID: <14762.20008.672104.305653@guru.mired.org>
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I've noticed that a number of toys aimed at Windows users advertise "one-touch" usage. Scanners are big on the list, apparently invoking the scanner software so that it scans an image, or some such. I recently encountered a USB camera that had a button that invoked the supplied software. Likewise, WinTV boards with a remote will turn the TV viewer on when you hit the power button on the remote. And, of course, the Palm tools that launch when you insert a Palm in it's cradle. Are there any ways to provide this kind of functionality for FreeBSD? Obviously, applications can be written that wait in the background for such things, but that seems wasteful. Something more like inetd would seem to be logical, especially with the kevent facilities available. It's just not clear how those would integrate with things like SANE, pilot tools, etc. Thanx, <mike To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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