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Subject:    Re: [Xpert]how to make Xmodmap starting programms by keycode
From:       Henrik Sandklef <henrik () sandklef ! com>
Date:       2002-05-19 14:03:02
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Yes there are (at least) one such program... 

Look at xikbd:
	http://www.sandklef.com/xikbd

I have written the program for my needs. If you miss anything or find
anything "stupid", please let me know!

Regards Henrik


/hesa

On Wed, 2002-05-15 at 09:44, Dr Andrew C Aitchison wrote:
> On Wed, 15 May 2002, Robert Wörle wrote:
> 
> > How do i insert at a specific keycode that after preesing this key a 
> > shell script should be started ???
> 
> I would't do it with Xmodmap.
> 
> As I understand it, the natural way of doing that in X is
> to run a program which gets the keys first (think of it as having
> an invisible window covering the whole screen, in front of all
> other windows), processes the keys it is interested in and allows
> the rest to go back to be processed by some other window.
> 
> It may be worth using some sort of X event for your special key presses,
> so that you don't have to listen for and pass on key presses that don't 
> interest you.
> 
> It may be that such a program already exists.
> 
> -- 
> Dr. Andrew C. Aitchison		Computer Officer, DPMMS, Cambridge
> A.C.Aitchison@dpmms.cam.ac.uk	http://www.dpmms.cam.ac.uk/~werdna
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