On Mon, Jan 07, 2002 at 07:38:45PM -0500, Imad wrote: > On 7 Jan 2002, Jason 'vanRijn' Kasper wrote: > > > On Mon, 2002-01-07 at 19:07, Imad wrote: > > > Doubtless this is slightly off-topic, as this is a BlackBox mailing > > > list, not a bbkeys ml, but as the two programs are rather close... well, > > > let's just leave it at that. > > > > > > I've got a couple querries/comments on bbkeys: > > > > > > 1) I'm not a real QT-kinda person, but I have many non-standard keys on > > > my keyboard (it's a Sun 5 thingy) like Stop, Again, <>, Front, Open, > > > etc. that I'd like to use with bbkeys. How do I know what bbkeys refers > > > to these keys as? I can get the numeric representations of these keys, > > > of course, but what do I put in .bbkeysrc? > > > > > > > QT-kinda person? > > Well, I can't run bbkeysconf GUI as I don't use QT. ;)
bbkeysconf is a perl script, not a QT app. bbconf is the QT app you think of. > > The best way is to run xev and see what X calls your > > keys. Then, you just put the key (XLookupString gives 1 characters: > > "f"), etc. in your ~/.bbkeysrc as shown in the README. > > That's what I tried, but I kept getting "XLookupString gives 0 > characters: ""). I went back to try it again after getting your message, > and noticed that right after the keycode there's a bit that reads > "(keysym 0xffe7, SunFront)" (this is also how xev treats > Mod/CTRL/Shift). D'oh! I put "SunFront" as the KeyToGrab in bbkeysrc and > everything's working fine. > > Thanks for the help, and for bbkeys! > > Best, > > --Imad "(e)magius" Hussain > _____________________________________________________________________ > "There is much to be known and above all, much to be loved... Indeed, > the more we find to love, the more we add to the measure of our hearts." > > -- Lloyd Alexander (via Adaon), _The Black Cauldron_ > ______________________________________________________________________ > xOr -- I am damn unsatisfied to be killed in this way.
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