Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2007 11:36:13 +1100 From: Timothy Bourke <timbob@bigpond.com> To: FreeBSD-Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Using fn-Key of IBM Thinkpads in X? Message-ID: <20070117003613.GA800@triptrop.wireless.unsw.edu.au> In-Reply-To: <14989d6e0701160228j68e87a69s2d4ed3008e9d1d7d@mail.gmail.com> References: <14989d6e0701160228j68e87a69s2d4ed3008e9d1d7d@mail.gmail.com>
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--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+<something else> 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+--
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