using win-key with kde

[Benjamin Richardson]

Le Vendredi 5 Juillet 2002 19:18, Ladislav Strojil a écrit :
> On Friday 05 July 2002 18:55, Benjamin Richardson wrote:
> > Le Vendredi 5 Juillet 2002 18:38, Ladislav Strojil a écrit :
> > > On Friday 05 July 2002 18:30, Benjamin Richardson wrote:
> > > > Le Vendredi 5 Juillet 2002 14:04, Robin Atwood a écrit :
> > > > > On Friday 05 Jul 2002 02:07, Raphael Mack wrote:
> > > > > > Hi,
> > > > > >
> > > > > > is there a possibility to use the windows-key on my keyboard for
> > > > > > opening the k-menu? This was possible in a version of kde 1 or 2.
> > > > > > But now with kde 3 it doesn't work. Any ideas?
> > > >
> > > > How do you use the window key on KDE 2 because I can't replace
> > > > default shortcut, you need two keys to be hit ex: Alt+F1
> > >
> > > You don't need two keys... you just can't use modifier keys (Alt, Ctrl,
> > > Shift, Meta) alone.
> > >
> > > So if you map that window key to F23 as Robin suggested, you can assign
> > > it to any action you desire.
> > >
> > > I hope this helps,
> > > Lada
> >
> > I suppose that F23 is the action and 115 the key code, but how do get
> > that key code and the action number.
>
> 115 is (should be) the keycode of left window key. 116 and 117 should be
> right window and menu key.
>
> You can choose to associate any key you desire with these codes. Be it F23
> or F13. I am no keyboard expert, but you may certainly use F13-F30 (not
> sure about the upper limit at all)... there might be other "free keys" that
> are not present on PC keyboard and that you could use.
>
> If you run
> xmodmap -e "keycode 115=F23"
> and then go to shortcut settings and press your left window key, you will
> see that KDE recognizes it as F23.
>
> But be warned that next time you restart KDE or just switch to different
> keyboard layout, your key mappings will be gone. You'll need to add them to
> some startup script.
>
> Cheers,
> Lada

Thank you for all, I'll try to find out how to get the keys code.
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