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List:       kde-usability
Subject:    Re: Pressing unconfigured key
From:       John Tapsell <johnflux () gmail ! com>
Date:       2009-05-27 12:13:06
Message-ID: 43d8ce650905270513q449edc3cyf2d6d1821491cef () mail ! gmail ! com
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2009/5/27 Jos Poortvliet <jospoortvliet@gmail.com>:
>> Do you want map alt+f12 now?
>> Do you want to map ctrl+alf+shift+f3 now?
>> Do you want...

This a shortcut :-)  The alt key is mapped as an alt key, and the f12
key is mapped as an f12 key.

> Either way, I read John's proposal not as 'every shortcut that's not
> defined creates a popup dialog' but 'every unmapped key creates a
> popup dialog'. There is a huge difference between those. An unmapped
> key CAN NOT BE USED, period. It can not be used for a shortcut, it
> simply does nothing and the user can't do anything about it until
> he/she figures out how to use XEV and XMODMAP. Which sucks.

Exactly.

> John's proposal would solve that by allowing the user to map the keys
> from a gui. I would love that: I have 2 keys on my keyboard which
> don't do anything, and I'm simply not going to use XEV and XMODMAP to
> fix it - I've already spend a few hours on that and it doesn't work.
> Screw it.

Right :-)
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