KDE Improvement??

[Brian T. Schellenberger]

On Thursday 08 August 2002 11:22 pm, Praveen Ray wrote:
| I think the actual modmap command is :
| xmodmap -e "keycode 115 = F29"
| This is will bind F29 to 'win' key.
| I couldn't figure out how to do the other part ie link F29 to KDE menu
| popup.

KDE control panel -> Look & Feel -> Shortcuts -> Global Shortcuts -> Panel -> 
Popup Launch menu

Pick "Custom"; hit Windows key.

In KDE3.  Similar in other KDE versions but not identical.


|
| On Thursday 08 August 2002 11:15 pm, Brad Potts wrote:
| > Brian,
| >
| > Here is what I get when I run xev and then I click the "windows" key:
| >
| > KeyRelease event, serial 27, synthetic NO, window 0x2200001,
| >     root 0x37, subw 0x0, time 2365491217, (185,316), root:(189,361),
| >     state 0x40, keycode 115 (keysym 0xffeb, Super_L), same_screen YES,
| >     XLookupString gives 0 characters:  ""
| >
| > I tried doing this to get the map to work, but you see I get an error:
| >
| > [root at toybox bpotts]# xmodmap keycode 115=F29
| > xmodmap:  unable to open file 'keycode' for reading
| > xmodmap:  unable to open file '115=F29' for reading
| > xmodmap:  2 errors encountered, aborting.
| >
| > Am I doing this wrong?  I read the instructions a few times thinking I
| > was missing something, but I'm seeming to have trouble with this.....
| >
| > Any other suggestions?
| >
| > Thanks in advance,
| > Brad Potts
| >
| > On Thursday 08 August 2002 12:54 pm, you wrote:
| > > Two stages.  First, you have to use xmodmap to map the Windows key to
| > > something recognizable.  The following may work, but if not, just use
| > > "xev" to see what key event that key sends.
| > >
| > > What I have pasted in here is my entire xmodmap.  You are only really
| > > interested in the
| > >
| > > keycode 117 = F29
| >
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